Dwarfed by the giants of the forest

      On Sunday Steve & Sarah took us to Muir Woods to see the giant red woods. It's not far from San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge which isn't gold at all but a deep red. We were so lucky with the weather - although cool it was sunny and Muir Woods a sheer joy. The red woods even more awesome than expected and we had a lovely time walking through the filtered sunlight between the giant trees along a little creek. A perfect way to worship on a Sunday morning.

Reaching all the way to heaven

We had lunch in a charming little village called Mill Valley - and then back to the Apple Store where I bought this little Apple Mac - now we're online and it's a joy to have this small light easy to manage computer. Am thrilled to bits!

Monday: Each day we look expectantly at Sarah - her baby is due at the end of this week but could arrive any day and so we are never sure whether we'll wake to find that she's gone to the hospital. Lucky for us we were able to have her with us for the three days and now we keep waiting for news.

On Monday we went to Cafe Trieste in the Italian centre for coffee and then to Telegraph Hill to look for the parrots. Lovely views across the city -

Italian Centre - Steve and Conal (with me in the middle)

Sarah, the bump and me at Telegraph Hill

And then to the Thirsty Bear dodging the rain to have lunch and then to the SFMOMA where we had a marvellous time looking at fabulous modern art. A real treat.

We left for Denver on Tuesday - nearly missing the plane because there was a traffic jam and then had to negotiate the mass of people at the airport so that we had to do a sprint only making it by minutes.