Visiting Wrighwood

 We drove up to WW, leaving in the AM on the 8th and returning on the evening of the 10th.  

Arriving at 1082 Lark after noon, our support, Dick Holmes, had the house opened up and hte fridge plugged in.  I had to haul everything in -- at that, it turns out to be not so easy for just one person.  

The visit was great; it had been a year since we were there, and outside, we had lost lilacs, and some other vegetation was very shriveled. We hope for revival.

Mike was extra tired; we suspect it was the altitude.  Santa Barbara is at the sea and WW is at 6,ooo feet.  Still, we enjoyed our stay.  It was quite warm, so Mike would not have to worry about feeling cold.  

We joined his walker friends for dinner at Mexico Lindo on Friday night, and Mike negotiated the steep stairs for hte patio table setting.  Pat Trujillo, the original organizer and contact for Mike when he went on the WW hikes, and Shannon were there too.  No hiker group since COVID, just not the energy.

Saturday, we joined Lisa and Al Udwin for dinner al fresco at their cabin across our street and behind another house on Robin.  I had met Lisa when she was a teenager living in WW.  We have stayed in touch first thought her family and ultimately as good friends.   We all went to Ireland together several years ago, visiting Co. Clare, Galway, and Dublin.  As the evening dusk came on, we enjoyed their barbecue tacos and our enjoyable conversations.  They will be traveling the rest of hte year:  Adorandaks, Italy, New Zealand.  We will figure out when our next dinner will be!

At a pub in Ireland!!