Paso Robles Real Estate

Weekend Trip to the SF Bay Area

This past weekend, my husband, myself and our two Jack Russell Terriers took a trip up to see family in Concord. We were there for a dinner to meet the agent I referred my parents to who sold their ranch property in Suisun on Friday, a family reunion on Saturday, and a trip to Gualala on the coast Sunday where my parents are considering buying vacant land for a place to park their trailer so they can “get away” from the city on occasion.

The dinner with my parents’ agent and his wife turned out really nice. Both were really friendly, and the agent had a great sense of humor, so I can see why he got along with my parents so well. My parents’ escrow turned out to be a bit of a nightmare, because there was a cloud on title, but the agent did a great job of navigating through it and trying to keep my parents calm during what turned out to be a 75-day escrow instead of 30.

The family reunion was a picnic on the foothills of Mt. Diablo, which is near our old stomping grounds. Good conversation, great food but lots of yellow jackets. They were more interested in the fried chicken than us, fortunately.

Lastly, Sunday was the trip to Gualala. The drive through Marin County and then up Highway 1 was beautiful, and we didn’t run into much traffic. Highway 1, though, had lots of curves and cliffs, so it took us 3 hours to get there from Concord. We had my two Jack Russell Terriers in the car and my mother’s poodle. Her dog was an angel, as was my older dog, but the younger Jack “Jesse” howled most of the way on Highway 1 driving us all a little crazy. All I can figure is that she wasn’t enjoying the rock-and-roll of the car on the turns.

We looked at a few properties in Gualala that didn’t quite fit the bill, had lunch outdoors at a nice restaurant in Anchor Bay and then came home. We wanted to take a different route home in the hopes that my dog would settle down, but when we asked the waitress, she said, “Believe me… Go back the way you came.” I guess the other route is even more windy. This time we hit a ton of traffic in Marin County. Bumper to Bumper… By the time we got back to my parents’ home, it had been 11 hours since we started our adventure. Needless to say, we were all exhausted…

Monday morning we started our trip home. Thankfully, no traffic as we left around 11:00 am. When we reached the oil rigs north of San Miguel, we breathed a sigh of relief… 30 miles to go, and we’ll be back home in Paso Robles… No more heavy traffic, peace & quiet, no more hordes of people… Hallelujah! It’s so good to be home:)

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