Roadtrip from Seattle to Sacramento

Friday, February 16, Robert and I flew to Seattle. We were going to meet up with Robert's mom, step-dad and his aunt and uncle. Friday and Saturday we all were preparing the house to be put on the market. Sunday morning Robert and I hit the road in Robert's new car to Sacramento. Robert's new car was the car his grandpa and grandma used to drive. We sadly said goodbye to everyone and we hit the road. Our plan was to take Interstate 5 all the way to Sacramento. We did turn off to see Cannon Beach in Oregon. We got to cross the Astoria Megler Bridge. Astoria was the city where they filmed the movie Goonies. After crossing the bridge you are in Oregon! Our next destination was Cannon Beach. It was pretty cold out on the beach and weather wasn't the best for pictures. It was nice to see parts of the Oregon coast though. Everything was so green and beautiful!

We drove through Portland and we stayed the night in Eugene.

Mt. Shasta! We are back in California!!

Lake Shasta.

Grandpa Fischer's 80th Birthday Party

February 10th, my grandpa had his 80th birthday party in Bismarck. I wasn't able to make it, but my my mom sent me some pictures of the celebration.

Tammy with her precious daughters and their great grandparents. Adline with my grandpa's sister, Geraldine.

Towards the end of the party, my family and cousins all went swimming at the hotel's pool and later kicked back with some beers.

New Year's Eve

This year, Robert and I stayed in Folsom to celebrate. Craig and Kim joined us for the celebration too. We had reservations at 8:30 at Pachanga. It started out with a delicious dinner followed by drinks and dancing. The restaurant had a live band and we partied the night away.

Robert and I goofing around before dinner.

Craig, Kim, Robert, and I at Pachanga.

Boys will be boys.

Happy New Year!!

Tom and Lorie are coming to California.

This year for Christmas, Tom and Lorie came to see us. I was really excited because I got to spend almost a whole week with them. It was a good opportunity to get to know them better. I will always remember the first time I met Tom. I was a waitress at the Bordertown and Tom and Robert were both in Fargo for a construction project. It was around the time, November of 2003, when Robert and I started becoming close friends. Robert asked me to go to Montana with him for two weeks and I agreed. It was a couple of days before I was leaving with Robert...I will never forget this. Well, I was waiting for Trina to make my drink orders, and here comes this man coming up to me. He started talking about the trip to MT. I am like oh, great Robert did you tell the whole construction crew that you are going to MT with me? So I was talking about the trip with Tom, and then he says, "Let me introduce myself to you. I am Robert's dad!" I was pretty shocked. I had no idea his dad was in Fargo and I would meet him so soon! So that was fun. He always ordered Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss with no lemon. He is such a charming man and he tells such great stories about his horses and life experiences. He is a real genuine guy and treats Lorie like a queen.

The first time I met Lorie was at the Hilton Christmas party in Minneapolis. She was just as charming too. She is such an exquisite lady and she makes beautiful sculptures! Some day I will have to hire her to do some horse sculptures for me! :)

Thursday, December 21 they arrived at the San Francisco International Airport around 4:00 p.m. Once we got all situated, we headed towards Monterey! Checked in at our hotel called The Sand Dollar Inn. We drove to Cannery Row and found a restaurant to eat dinner.

The next morning we headed back to Cannery Row to look at all the cute little shops and beautiful Monterey Bay. We also found a friendly sea otter to take a picture with :)

Our next stop was Point Pinos. So gorgeous-the beautiful Pacific Ocean, the sand, waves crashing up on the rocks. I felt so at peace.

Next stop was Asilomar State Beach. You could see Point Pinos Lighthouse and Pacific Grove golf course.

Tom and Lorie. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Point Pinos Lighthouse.

Our next destination was the 17 - Mile Drive.

17 - Mile Drive

These two pictures is the 17 - mile drive points of interest and a map of it. You can click on it to enlarge the picture. You can do that with all my pictures.

The 17 mile drive was just beautiful. Million dollar homes, beautiful golf courses, the sound of the ocean, all the walking and biking paths alongside it. Those people who live there certainly have it made. We stopped and go to most of the points of interest. The ones that I was waiting for was Pebble Beach and the Equestrian Center and The Lone Cypress. It is the symbol of Monterey County and a registered trademark of the Pebble Beach Company.

Pebble Beach Golf course. I would give anything to play golf on this course. What a spectacular place! Robert is standing on the putting green.