Road Trip Day 2: 300 more miles, 3 more great meals and a brush fire

Friday started in San Bruno and ended in McCloud. We ate breakfast on San Francisco’s Haight Street, drove up the coast for a bit through Marin and then Napa. We got stopped by a brush fire (Mr. Happy took amazing photos, of course) and then pulled over at a road-side delicatessen in Middletown that had surprisingly amazing veggie salads. Upon arrival in McCloud our old friend J made a simple dinner of pasta, salad, bread and wine. We had vanilla ice cream and apricots for dessert.

Breakfast on Haight was at Kate's Kitchen and I, under protest from the table, had a Barry Bond's, hold the Human Growth Hormone.

Upon agreeing to bring my brother along for a bit of the trip I made it clear that we would be listening to our music. That ended up meaning Mr. Happy picked songs off of SMS’ I-Pod - a loophole, but a fair one. Apparently our musical tastes form a perfect ven-diagram: The music that my brother liked that could be found on my husband’s I-Pod was all stuff I listened to in High School. I closed my eyes and pretended I was 14 – that my dad was driving – that my mom was in the front seat. It didn’t really work, but when I opened my eyes I liked what I saw anyway.












The other thing I learned on day two is that it's really hard to take pictures when Mr. Happy is around making art. My snapshots just don't seem to stand up!

Anyway, Day Two: No fighting, no biting and no shenanigans. Good Stuff.