House party

Beautiful house in midtown.

A fundraiser for SABA.

Brief presentations by Phoebe Ward Waller and Kendra Ramsay, Executive Director of CalBike.

The appeal by SABA board member Sue Teranishi. Break out your debit cards folks!

Fun party! Beautiful Christmas tree.

Retired teachers luncheon

At Northridge Country Club. A very good turnout this year.

Susie, Leslie, Linda, Barbara:

Pam McAtee is the official Mrs Claus for the city of Folsom. She made her costume – so well done.

Gwen, Nancy, Kathy, Linda:

To top off a fun lunch, Kathy won two raffle prizes and I won one.

Bike ride to see Santa

Seven of us rode to Old Sac this afternoon. Maria, Brenda, Laura, Stacey, Carol, BarbaraB:

Santa’s special helper is BarbaraL who arranged for us to see Santa Rick before the doors opened to the general public. We rolled our bikes along the boardwalk on the far side of the building and into the theater. We parked anywhere we could find room. Picture time!

We gathered in the lobby to exit, but we needed to be altogether because the public would enter immediately after.

Thank you so much BarbaraL for arranging this special visit with Santa. Such a special experience.

We rode on to the North Pole. The Polar Express train is VERY popular. Tickets go on sale in August and sell out quickly. It’s only a 3-mile roundtrip train ride, but a lot of fun for families.

So much hot chocolate is served on the train that a special storage tank is needed:

We noticed a new bicycle bridge is rideable but ends immediately on the other side of I-5. The Del Rio Trail begins here and will go 5 miles to Freeport.

What a fun ride.

Happy Birthday Archie

Archie is 80 years old. Time to celebrate

and see old friends. One of my favorite parents from Westside Charter School, Anna Marie (left) and Kathy, 1st grade teacher at Westside, now retired.

Sandy (right), Archie’s wife, rides her show horse in competitions. She’s won many awards. To the left, Lucy and Jerry. Lucy and Jim live two houses away. Jerry and Lupita + 5th wheel are currently parked in Lucy and Jim’s driveway.

Sandy is also an excellent sewer and made this beaded jacket to wear in the next competition.

Aly, Jim and Nicki: