Sep 10, 2012 - Day 24; Monday Night Football kickoff with the Oakland Raiders

No journal entry yet, from the guys... They are very tired, but having lots of fun! The guy's entry: Day 24. Monday 9/10. We get up around 8:30. We are on a gravel lot separated by white lines from other spaces. (Image #377A) But it was quiet and safe! We talk to the camp host and find out we have to move by noon to the site next to us because the one we were on was reserved for the 10th. We do minimal tear down-just enough to hook up and move. We are slow to pack up and leave about 1PM for the 7:15PM Monday Night football game. We have...

Jul 27, 2012 - Camping at Vallejo

Well I finally got internet access. We are having a great time. Today we are taking a breather. The first campground,(the one we booked that was 6.5 miles from Oakland) took almost 30 minutes to get there pulling the trailer. Many switchbacks on a narrow road. There were no hookups, however; the campground was beautiful with huge trees and the smell of pine. We decided to move because of the road going back and forth. We are now in a Good Sam park just north of San Francisco. Wednesday we went to visit with Ann Marie and went for supper at...

Jun 10, 2012 - Sam's Entry: Camo Man

So the first day. Hmm. Well I've been on a plane only 3 times in my life, including today, so that was exciting! The take off from Oakland was fun. I looked at the window and was so excited. Whoa, we were going super fast. First, the front wheels were off the ground then the back. But, you probably knew that. When we got to Norfolk, I saw a lot of camo. Navy camo and army camo. I must have seen ten people wearing camo, and than I saw my pants. For my shirt, I wore a San Francisco Giants shirt, but I was wearing camo pants. "Cole," I asked,...

Jun 10, 2012 - Cole's entry: Yawn

*Yawn* I'm really tired, because of the jet lag. Eastern Time is 3 hours ahead of Pacific, so I fell asleep at 10 p.m. our time, though here it would be 1 a.m! On the plane, it was fun, although most of my battery-charged devices went dead, as did Sam's. We landed, took off again, landed, took off... So we started in Oaktown (Shoutout to the RDS class of 2013!) and flew to Lost Wages (for those who don't know what that nickname stands for, it's Las Vegas) where we landed, and let other people leave and others board. Then we took off again,...

Jun 10, 2012 - Jill's Entry: Actual Trip Day One

A loving goodbye to Danyal, Nora and Flash and we are off! Wow, air travel in America circa 2112: No food, no movie, no legroom. But hey, here we are in a great resort. Today so far: laundry, dish washing...wait a minute, this sounds familiar! After general housekeeping. much-deserved sleep in and serious planning, we are off to Jamestown! Can't wait.

Jun 10, 2012 - Cosmo Entry: Flying out

yesterday our airplane took off from Sacramento, CA to Dallas, TX, a 2 hour and 30 minute flight. Landing in Dallas with a one-hour layover, had enough time to grab a late lunch. After the layover, we got on to another airplane and finally got wi-fi for the ride to Norfolk, VA. We hit the ground at 10:30pm VA time, and got picked up at 11:00pm by Uncle Dan, Cole, and Sam in a nice rented minivan. From there we drove to the condo in Williamsburgh and unloaded our belongings (very quietly). It was 1:00am before we found our beds and fell asleep.

Jun 10, 2012 - Dan's Entry: Our big adventure begins

Today we started our epic family odyssey. Cole, Sam and I left at 7:30am from Oakland. Jill and Cosmo left later from Sacramento. After only two stopovers we arrived in Norfolk. Local time was around 6:00pm and we quickly got our luggage and the rental vehicle. Thanks to the efforts of cousin Mike we got taken care of! It is a brand new Chrysler Town and Country. All the extras, including an DVD player, bluetooth and Sirius/XM radio! Cousin Rhonda, cousin Becky, second cousin Trey and Becky's boyfriend met us for dinner and we all tried...

Jun 4, 2012 - California Here We Come......Again

It was 90 degrees yesterday in Nebraska when our air conditioning finally pooped out. We had bought a bottle of recharge but had not used it yet. Yes, now seemed like a good time. On Saturday morning we picked up a load of Fedex packages in Newark, NJ. I'm still am amazing at watching airplanes take off. "Jim, Jim look at that! Isn't it amazing!". He, however, grew on a Air Force bases and reminds me he saw plans taking off/arriving all the time; and is not nearly as impressed as I am I go into hysterics. We were bound for Oakland,...

Jan 21, 2012 - Lunch @ Silver Dragon

Well the Reunion which was held a the Silver Dragon Chinese Restaurant in Oakland, CA on January 21st was apparently very well received. Food was great, meeting up with old friends was wonderful and many promises made to keep in touch and to see each other again were made. While many individuals whom we had not seen for 50 years or so were easily identified, a few of us had changed over the years and only by looking closely at name tags were we able to identify each other. The unofficial committee composed of Anne and Jim Aoki, Diane Yumae...

Aug 1, 2011 - Take me out to the ballgame

Sunday and Monday were all about baseball. We went to Oakland Sunday to see the A’s beat up on the Twins. Our seats were on the 3rd base line, ROW 2. Great viewing and we’re happy for the A’s, but the Twins need to bring Tommy “Bruno” Brunansky up from the minors as batting coach—they could use some offense. After the game, we went back, grabbed the dog, and went back to the Oakland burbs for dinner with one Lysa’s former employees at Ramstein. The evening with Kristin and Judd was fabulous, as they have a better than average appreciation...

Dec 19, 2010 - A minor problem

After our arrival in Alameda, CA we discovered a little problem. My dear wife left our laptop sitting on the table at home. :-(. There is no way I can make frequent journal entries on this IPhone and no way to download photos. As a result, we will pretty much be out of touch until Jan 6th or 7th. Oh well! We'll get back to you as soon as we can. Hey, hey hey....we both we there. I will just say that "WE" neglected to load the laptop into the truck. That's WE kimosabi. I refuse to take all the blame. just sayin' juanita of course if he ends...

Aug 6, 2010 - Oakland, CA

My time in Oakland has been fundamentally driven by working for the Arts Project; Infinitarium for Burning Man, they are based out of a warehouse arts collective in Oakland called American Steel. I have only ventured into San Francisco itself on two occasions, once for a couchsurfing meet up and once to meet a Couchsurfer to go Thrift Shop hunting for Burning Man costumes. When I first arrived in Oakland, I spent 2 nights with Heidi couchsurfing, the Thursday was my arrival date and it was the Friday when I first headed to American Steel....