Windy as usual, the sun was very welcome.

We bought two old paddleboards, love it

The Fair is what you'd expect. Crowds of overweight people cramming bad "food" down their craws. When I was a kid there were animals which were frankly boring but a touch more rustic.

Weird Al though put on a heck of a show. Over two hours he sang more words than any normal person could remember. The band was tight. The crowd laughed and sang along and it was a good time.

Attached is a snapshot of "White & Nerdy".

The seats at San Jose airport have outlets in them including USB. Nice touch.

The boardwalk in Santa Cruz is a travesty. Ugly and loud and all things I dislike a out America rolled into a tight package. But the kids like it, go figure.

Susan and I stopped on a beachfront deck and had a drink while waiting for the kids. The Ideal Bar & Grill is not ideal in most senses but it has the "location" part down. Food is meh, service tends to be slow but friendly.

Most fun: two old Brit-rockers up from LA. One guy looked a bit like Keith Richards 20 years ago and without the drugs. From Liverpool and Manchester, couldn't place them but I strongly suspect a 80s hair band perhaps.

Mountain biking at Wilder Ranch, truly a primal day!

Santa Cruz is both easy and hard to travel and stay on my diet. Easy
because there are great food shops. Hard because there is a ton of
Mexican food around and all those tortillas would be too hard to
resist.

This is an impromptu tour of MJA winery

The flight today has free wifi. I'm sure we'll all look back and wonder why we thought this was cool but hey, my first in-flight wifi.

Not bad this morning. We arrived at the airport and the security lines were long. It's tourist season so people arrive with water bottles in their bags, etc. Business travelers must hate this time of year.

One thing I like at SeaTac is the security folks tell you where the shorter lines are. When they talk, MOVE. If you don't the herd moves an what was short is now long. Just speed walk and all is good.

Almost ran into Glenn, he was ahead of us in security but racing for another terminal.