Summer comes home

It's been a hard winter in northern California.  It started getting cloudy just before Christmas, and has lasted on-and-off all the way until now.  Thankfully the meteorological powers have determined to set things straight and we've enjoyed a great weekend of sunny frolics that included a trip down to Monterey to celebrate Amanda's 29th birthday (wasn't she 29 last year?)  To get there we hired a car, and Hannah immediately fell for the cherry red VW Beetle sitting on the forecourt.  It cost an extra $2 a day!  But Hannah's smug grin as we drove down the Californian coast in the sun (burning Chevron petrol, of course) made it a price worth paying.  Maybe.

It's a baby!

An afternoon stroll around Carmel Valley.

When did she grow up?

Montara Beach on Sunday.

This type of lifestyle can be very draining.

Pounding surf.

Hannah and her dream car...until we give it back.