Alex and Kristen's wedding

This weekend my Nephew Alex married his long time sweetheart Kristen. Mom and dad, Kelly, Brian and Mike and I headed down to Orange county for the lovely garden wedding.

 The groom Alex and his grandma

And his dad, my brother Bill and our mom

 Kelly and the mother of the groom, Patty 

Dad, mom,Alex, Kristen, Bill and Patty

 We all enjoyed chatting with Devon and Jake,

two of Alex's friends who traveled with us
 for a week on the island of Anguilla 8 years ago .

 The guys had a good time

And we all had a dance

 A gift from mom to Bill

a huge jar of his favorite Marmite !!!

Pinnacles

We spent a couple of days at Pinnacles National Park last week. We have now officially done every trail in the park, this time adding the Tunnel Trail to the High Peaks trail.

The day we arrived we hiked through the caves up to the reservoir.

Its a popular park for rock climbing.

I noticed a big bird in this picture but it was just a crow. 

The next day a beautiful condor did fly right over us.

This was the new part we had not traveled before...

the tunnel trail

Its always good to check the map

Three happy hikers

Februarys stormy ocean

This beach has drastically changed this last couple of weeks. Santa Rosa creek has been flowing strongly to the ocean, carving different paths due to the rain and tides. The driftwood has been carried down and collecting on the beach. Bixby has been enjoying time exploring.

 The powerful ocean has carved a shelf.

 And exposed small rocks in its layers

 The waves are big and a muddy brown

 Where the river meets the ocean is in turmoil

 The rocks are different when they have come down the river

 The big stick we had to leave behind

 Bixby caught running..and he takes a picture

The sea gulls are fun to watch. 

They fly up the river and then float down.

I think they are playing but Mike thinks that they

are bathing in the fresh water.