It's a long drive to Santa Rosa. We left Pasadena on Friday afternoon and spent the night in Westley, which is near the I-5/I-580 interchange east of San Francisco. Tessie had spent an awful lot of time strapped into a car seat by the time we checked in to her hotel, and thus had oodles of energy to expend before finally falling asleep around midnight.
The next morning we completed the drive, stopping for lunch in downtown Santa Rosa at the Third Street Alehouse. (Recipe for their Parmesan Garlic fries: 1 part potatoes, 1 part Parmesan cheese, 2 parts diced raw garlic. Yikes.)
One of the highlights of our visit was a trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science, on the UC Berkeley campus. The octagonal building looks like a Star Trek set (and may once have been one), with a large plaza in front that offers stunning views of San Francisco Bay.
Inside are exhibits, including Tessie's favorite interactive toy, the Gravity Well. As soon as we saw it we knew she'd love to play, and in fact she delighted in retrieving the balls and throwing them directly into the center of the well - no mucking around those circuitous elliptical paths for Tessie; no, no, no, the sooner it goes in, the sooner it falls out and she gets to throw it in again!
That's Uncle Martin beside Tessie:Other exhibits included live animals and a "Wild Music" special exhibition. The two boys are (l-r) cousins Adam and John:
What she says in the video is "All done, all done." This sems to mean a variety of things; frequently it indicates that she's no longer interested in whatever is being offered, be it food, an activity, or nap. It also seems to have many other meanings which we have thus far been unable to decipher. In this case, it probably meant "Please stop pretending you have any musical ability at all, Dad. You're embarrassing me."
Coming soon: Christmas, part 2!
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