Summer in Cambria

We enjoy spending our summer staying closer to home, enjoying time to drink our morning coffee on the deck greeting the birds and neighbors. Mike has tennis on Mondays and music on Sundays. Sue goes walking or hiking most days often with friends, loves being involved with the UUCC and helping to pick up hwy trash and serving at the food bank. We are truly part of this small coastal community. 

Bixby at 16 is driving and when he has time

 in his busy summer, he comes and takes us to lunch.

Mike and I take off to spend time in Sequoia and Kings Canyon.

We stay first in a cabin on the river in Three Rivers.

We walked to the Three Rivers Brewing company for dinner. 

Local fun vibe. 

We made tea with our backpacking stove

and enjoyed watching the river rafters

floating down the river.

The Big trees are always wonderful

But the river forking in the canyon below seems to draw us.

We stay at Cedar Grove Lodge, a place that 

I have stayed before 

after our backpack into Rae Lakes

Rustic lodgings right on the River,

simple food eaten outside,

walks on the trails, a wonderful time together.

Mike plays music with his friends at the Jade festival

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Our apple trees hang heavy with delicious fruit.

We sometimes see our local fox 

Sue enjoys the coastal walks with friends 

Hearst Ranch zebras on the horizon

We give the RV a run and enjoy the ocean at Cuyucos

We enjoy Taco Tuesday and games with our friends,

Barrett and Diane aka Lady Tie Di

competing for honorary mayor of Cambria. 

That friendly competition also included

 a pie eating contest at the 4th of July picnic.

Our friend Chris and her daughter Stephanie

 and her 3 boys came to enjoy the beach

Chris and I enjoyed the hike to and tour 

of the Avila lighthouse.

We always enjoy our dynamic UUCC Operations committee

meeting once a month to help "run" the UU

Kelly treats us to dinner at Andersons at the Castle

We are so grateful to live in a beautiful place 

and enjoy our family and good friends.

   

Graduations and good family time in Ohio

 We spent from April 22nd till May 16th in Englewood.... suburb of Dayton...Ohio visiting Cameron and his family and celebrating 3 graduations. Our first few hours were spent catching up, admiring the guitars that Cameron and Jack made in a class at Sinclair, and I got a chance to help Arlo with his homework!!!...for an elective music class. The engineering stuff is way over my head.

We had a ride on Cameron's bike

Played some canasta

Arlo final Capstone project at Wright University, was to

 design and build for GE Aerospace,  

a machine to test the strength of seals.

At the expo he presented his project.

In Cameron's backyard we were treated 

to the new engineers...mainly Cameron, the senior one,

firing up jet engines that he had built.

It was fun and noisy and powerful!!!

Arlo was ready with the fire extinguisher. 

We light a fire and roasted hot dogs and smores

At Sinclair college, where Cameron is on the faculty as

part of the research and development department

of the Unmanned Aircraft program,

Jack graduated this year with a degree in Engineering. 

His final Capstone project was to design and build a 

prototype for a transmission for a Baja Bug.

He showed us his model and 

presented it at his expo at Sinclair.

At Wright University, Arlo was sworn in

 to the Order of Engineers. 

He wears the official ring.

His was the first graduation.

He managed to find us in the huge stadium and wave

We met back at his apartment after, 

and then headed to the pub for lunch.

It was also my 75th birthday!

At some point we managed to take photos

of all three graduating Davis boys.

Great pride for Cameron and his 2 sons

We met Mikes sister Sharon and her husband Mike

for lunch.

Jack shows us around the 3D printing lab at Sinclair.

Time for Cameron and Jack to Graduate.

They received special recognition 

for being the only father son graduates this year.

Cameron received his second degree in 

unmanned aircraft, drones, and Jack a degree in

mechanical engineering degree.

Both Dani and Arlo were sick for the ceremony...

and later Mike and I caught a flu and passed it on.

That was unfortunate, but we all survived

Cameron and Jack got to walk and sit together 

as part of the STEM department ....

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

Arlo invited us to a pasta dinner at his apartment

the night before we left. It was wonderful.

Cameron and Tina were at a concert

and we had the young people to keep us company.

The new engineering brothers had a lively debate

 to answer a question Nana asked.

Jack cooked me a perfect eggs benedict.

Sadly, while we were there we learned

 about the passing of our friend Nate.

He founded and put on the Cambria car show

and will be greatly missed.

 Our thoughts are with his son Andre

Before we left we enjoyed camping at 

Morro Bay with Cynthia and Jim.

I  hiked around Whale rock reservoir

with Kathy,  Michelle and Eden and Lily,

and celebrated my friends Chris and Lucy.

Our Monday walking group ...with dogs, is still going strong.

Bixby and his school friends picked up the trash with me.

I think that we are all caught up....for now...

but there are always good thing still to come in our lives.