Sunny day in Mendocino

Last weekend, we flew up to Mendocino for the day.  This was our first real taste of what flying can help you to achieve - it would be a 4-5 hour drive, but is just over an hour in a plane.  It was a really nice sunny day and the flight up there was just beautiful - up the valley, over San Francisco then along the Marin coastline north.  Unfortunately Alex was a bit busy feeding Ruth snacks and handing her toys to take any photos, but he made up for it when we got to Little River airport, using a retro camera app on his phone.

Little River airport building.  It's not exactly SFO :)

Mendocino is a lovely little sea-side town with cutesy shops for rich tourists and nice cafes.  We didn't have very long there after having a few transport issues getting to and from the airport - we learnt lots for our next day trip.  And we are already planning our return journey for a long weekend...

Ruth enjoying an ice-cream in the sun

On the way back, the clouds had rolled in over the coast and it all looked very pretty.

Ruth was really tired by this time and screamed alot.  She eventually fell asleep.

There and back again

It was a beuatiful sunny day today, so we went on a great family bike-ride today from the door of our house, south along the Bay Trail to Baylands Park. It's a 10 mile track (see route below, courtesy of the My Tracks app on my Android phone) so 20 miles all in (feel the burn!).


Ruth was pulled by Pippa in her Burley chariot and, despite a little bit of grizzling, seemed to quite enjoy it. She even fell asleep on the way home (testament to Pippa's silky smooth technique).

We stopped for lunch amongst the proud mums and dads at the Twin Creeks Sports Center who were kind enough to feed us despite our lack of ineterest in (or knowledge of) softball...


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