Road Home

[Adsos Letter]

Beautiful baby girl, our first grandchild, Reagan Elizabeth, 8lbs. 9ozs.

Mom and baby doing fine. My wife will stay down there for the next couple of weeks, while I made the 9 hour drive home.

We are getting some rain; in fact, it rained pretty much the whole trip back.

Generations come and go. Driving alone for 9 hours, lots of things to think about.

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Somewhere on I-5 between San Diego and San Francisco.

[Binkie The Clown]

1. Congratz! Being a grandparent is so much fun!

I love playing with all four of my grandchildren.
I also love sending them home when I get worn out by them!

[Adsos Letter]

2. Thanks. We are really looking forward to it.

It was quite an experience being there.

[Binkie The Clown]

6. I was there only for my very first grandchild, 23 years ago.

I have two grandchildren in their early twenties, and two under ten. Quite a spread. The young ones live a thousand miles away, but I join their family Minecraft server a couple times a week and chat with them in game while we play hide-and-seek or build castles together.

[Adsos Letter]

8. Technology can do so much good.

On the drive down south my wife and I were talking about how it must have been years ago, when families divided up and moved on to new lives, and perhaps never heard from one another again.

[Solly Mack]

3. Welcome to the world, Reagan Elizabeth!

Congratulations, Grand-Adsos Letter!

[Adsos Letter]

5. Thanks Solly Mack.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. What a lovely, thoughtful post, my dear Adsos Letter...

Lots of things to think about on that long drive home, all by yourself.

It's good to do things like that now and then. Clears out the cobwebs.

And major congratulations on your beautiful new granddaughter!



LOVE the photo!

[Adsos Letter]

7. Thanks Peggy.

The rain started at the top of Tejon Pass and I drove through it all the way up the central valley.

It was clear when I left La Jolla, but I talked to my wife a bit ago and she said it was storming pretty good down there so I hope you are getting to enjoy it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. It's not raining here tonight.

We had a few sprinkles around 5 pm.

And that was that!

[NV Whino]

10. Congratulations, grandpop

We had a rip roaring thunderstorm yesterday with lightning and hail. It was real exciting.

The thunder was so close my house shook.

[Adsos Letter]

11. Thanks NV Whino

I could see lightening in the clouds ahead of me once I made it as far north as about Santa Nella. Rain had stopped by the time I hit the Altamont pass, but it was obvious it had been pouring.

Feels like Fall out there this morning.

I think I may drive up to Ashland, OR tomorrow.

[liberal N proud]

12. November sky

[Adsos Letter]

14. Yep. For almost 300 miles it was like that.

Definite change in the weather.

[mnhtnbb]

13. Congratulations, Grandpa!

That's quite a name for a baby girl. Do they plan a nickname?

My first born had two family names and we ended up calling him by his initials.

Lots of time to think on that long drive home!

[Adsos Letter]

15. Thank you mnhtnbb.

No nicknames yet.

Yes, a lot of time to think, and a nice rain most of the way.

Driving up to Ashland, Oregon tomorrow. Not quite as far, but should be nice.