10 Years

On June 11, Jeff and I celebrated our 10th anniversary.

We celebrated by first taking the people responsible for our meeting (Debbie and Damon set us up on a blind date a little over 12 years ago) to join us in our annual tradition of going to see the Sox play at Fenway Park. Yes, for 10 years, we have been going to the home game closest to June 11. In the past few years, like kismet, it has featured the Red Sox playing the Philadelphia Phillies (Jeff is from Philly) and this year continued that inter-league trend.

Jeff and I wore the outfits we met in: on our blind date, we both showed up wearing a white T shirt, jeans and doc martens. Okay, it wasn't the same T shirt or jeans, but the docs are the very ones we met in ;)

The Red Sox won 12-2. Actually, we had scored 12 in the first three innings, so we really got to enjoy the company more than the game...

On the 12th, Jeff and I took off for our fabulous vacation (thanks to Gaby, who generously offered to watch the kids for 8 days!). Virgin America to SFO. Had dinner at the Great Eastern in SF Chinatown. Had after dinner drinks with Kristen Hull (one of Jeff's Tufts friends). Met up with Lisa Stifelman for breakfast at Sears Fine Foods. Took off in our rented Mustang convertible for Yosemite.

Look at us! Riding out in our convertible looking so cool... It was unseasonably hot and about 30 minutes into the ride we had to put the top up.

Ah, Yosemite. I'd never been there, and wow, is it breath-taking. Cooler, so we put the top back down for the ride into the park, to Yosemite valley. Checked into the Ahwahnee Lodge and walked down to Mirror Lake. Got back and had a nice meal in the fancy Ahwahnee restaurant.




After breakfast (Monday), we went out for our big hike. Went to Curry Village and caught a shuttle to Happy Isles (trail head) and took the John Muir trail up to Nevada falls. Took the Vernal falls trail down and returned via the Mist trail. The granite and waterfalls were truly spectacular. I bemoaned not having a 'real' camera a bunch of times, but managed to get some serviceable shots.

Next, we headed down to Wawona. We checked into the Wawona hotel and the next morning, headed out to Mariposa Grove, where we got to see the Sequoias and hike to Wawona point. Aching legs starting to ease up, just...

More later... got to head off to Brussels.