Sunday Morning in Fresno

Than and I are now in Fresno, sitting under an arbor with "the family"  Selena, Ed and Grace and Maya and AJ.  The weather is great at about 66 degree now with probably 97 degree by this afternoon.  But it's a dry heat.

The trip here was more involved than usual.  We left Seattle about 11:30 AM Friday and traveled through Washington and Oregon arriving in Sacramento about 7 AM Saturday. There we were packed onto a bus for an hour ride to Stockton, and then a train to Fresno.  

The train ride from Seattle included a guy traveling to Sacramento who was rather loud, obnoxious and eventually drunk.  After repeated warnings, he was forcibly removed from the train, into the arms of waiting local police.  

the train ride from Stockton to Fresno was really crowded and we shared a four person table (with seats, of course) with two interesting guys--one a race horse trainer and the other a recently retired guy going to visit his daughter in Los Angeles.  fun conversations.   

Saturday evening we went to a Beer Garden--literally.  Near Selena's is a nursery, think plants not babies, where they have a beer stand, live music and many truck food vendors in the evening.  the area is only accessible by one entrance, so the kids can pretty much run free and interact the the many other kids while the adults sit around and drink beer and eat ice cream--one of my favorite combinations.  it's nice to sit back and relax for a few days before we hit the rails again.