Tomorrow my brief road trip comes to an end.  I meant to do a daily diary, but best intentions and all that, i never did.

So here is a recap.

Thursday I flew in to Sacramento, and headed south to my sister’s house in Tracy.  I stopped along the way to look in on an old friend in Manteca, the wife of a guy I was stationed with at Travis.  I spent some time chatting, oohing and ahing over her new grandbaby and played with her cats.

I arrived In Tracy and drove downtown to Sue’s shop. 

In the heart of the downtown area, she combined two businesses:  A craft/gift store, and a custom framing store, and now is opening Jo’s and KC’s.

A nice place really, and honestly yet another testimony to my sister’s business sense and hard work.

Friday morning, I went early to Sue’s shop, then in the afternoon, I headed to Vallejo, where an old high school friend’s son fixed me the best fettuccine and clams i have ever had.

Catching up on the high school days was nice.

Saturday the grand opening loomed.  The day downtown was wonderful, warm but not hot.  Tracy was holding a farmers market, so Sue picked a great day for her opening.  Below is the street fair, and her grand opening.

I love small town street fairs and markets.  One of the highlights of this one was a very good blues team, The Black Diamond Band.  I love local music, and the blues in general, and these two guys played their hearts out for the crowd.

Later that afternoon I met up with one of my closest friends from high school, Jim, and his wife, Peggy.

Once again I am amazed at how so much time can pass, and yet some relationships just seem to endure anyway.