We often used a trip down south as a starting point, or ending (showers and laundry!) for a venture into the Eastern Sierras.  They all seem to run together, and the photos are often unmarked.   We were visiting Sara twice a month, or once, if someone else wanted to visit her.  In February we drove to Palmdale on the 17th, then headed out to Death Valley from the 21 to 23rd.

April 9, A quick trip to look at the ten-acre property known as Goldfinch in Butte County

Memorial Day weekend: Meadow Muffin XXX, and then Goldfinch, Sierra Valley May 30, and down to Palmdale on June 5

Palmdale 7/2-4!

So, it wasn’t Hurricane Emily.

Hurricane Emily, 7/20/2005

Hurricane Emily, 7/20/2005

In September we went to Shasta lake  .  .  . for a week on a houseboat with Jean and Jerry and two other couples.