Smokin' Weekend visit to Nana's

We were looking forward to a few days off and planned to visit Nana in Watsonville, one of our favorite places to visit along the coast. We heard there was a fire in Corralitos which is about 7-8 miles north of Watsonville. As we got close enough to see the smoke, we started to think we would just pick up Nana and take her back home with us. The smoke plume left a huge dark cloud stretching right over Watsonville and across the valley. Surprisingly, by morning the air wasn't all smokey like we thought it would be. So, we stayed the weekend. We kept an eye on the news of the fire through out the weekend. Here is a channel 3 news report on Sunday News report on Corralitos Fire. By Saturday, the winds had shifted and all the smoke was blowing away from us and the coast. This turned out to hamper the fire fighters as the fire jumped the line they created, killing their hopes of containing the fire by the end of the weekend.

The rest of the stay was nice. We did some minor yard work to help Nana clean up her yard. The weather was nice and cool. We played and read stories for Anna. Anna and I put together a 300 piece puzzle of a princess sitting on a unicorn with the castle in the background. While I ended up doing most of the work, Anna enjoyed helping find pieces. She found all the pieces for the princess and part of the unicorn. It was a unicorn weekend for her, as she also watched the Last Unicorn twice during the visit. There was a Fly-In and Air Show that we could see and hear from Nana's house. The airport is just a mile or so from her house, so we could see the planes flying over head through out the weekend. Anna had a run-in with some Cold Stone cotton candy ice cream on Friday that had her barfing until long after bedtime. That put a damper on Friday but by Saturday, she felt better and ate and drank enough to make up for Friday. She was still a bit lethargic Saturday but by late afternoon she seemed fully recovered. Mom spent her time snapping photos of Nana's flowers, especially the Orchids and Fuchsias.

Update: I spoke too soon.  Both Julie and I came down with the same symptoms as Anna Sunday.  Not a very restful night and we had the 3 hour drive home the next day.  Luckily traffic was light and we made it home with out having to use the barf bags in the car.