It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks here in SF. In between a few trips to LA and excursions around SF for work, I spent Labor Day with some good friends who visited from Seattle - fellow NY transplants Aaron and Joanne Kaufman. We headed to Arnold, CA for the long weekend. Arnold is about 3 hours due east of San Francisco, smack in the middle of a mining and logger paradise. At least it was 100 years ago, anyway. We even got to check out the Logger Jamboree. It was a first for all of us. On Monday, we were treated to a single-engine plane ride back in The Red Baron. Conditions were perfect. We skimmed over the flat California piedmont, the Navy "mothball fleet", the Golden Gate, and even my downtown apartment building. We didn't see any traffic until we were right outside SF airport. Compared to the giant landing jets, we were a mere spec of the size. It was my first weekend away in quite a while. A welcome, refreshing break.
Otherwise, I am looking forward to my Central Europe trip which is rapidly approaching. Two weeks from tomorrow I check out for the Berlin marathon. Training is going well. I have one more 20 miler to do this weekend, and then it's kick back time more or less. I've also got to dust off that dirndl, as the uniform will be required once again in Bavaria. We haven't made too much movement on the Croatia front, but it's still in the gameplan, and hopefully will come together shortly as some NY friends are planning that leg.
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