Basking in Being Back in the Bay

The last week has been sublime, ranging throughout the wonderful Bay Area that we called home for 4 years. From Santa Cruz to the Marin headlands, from the berkley hills to the San Francisco beaches (ocean and baker). And much in between.

We arrived in the Bay about a week ago, a bit earlier for Mu as she came a few days before to spend time with our family. I drew the short straw on retrieving our Subi and driving up from Vegas. Not a bad short straw, as those things go, since the drive is pretty and i got to spend time in Santa Cruz with college buddies. We reconvened in the City and began the fun trifecta of visiting with loved ones, hitting our favorite trail runs and gorging on the delicious food on tap in the South Bay, East Bay and the City.

A little microcosm of this last week came when i looked down at my key ring a few days ago and realized that there were keys to 3 different houses. We have been couch surfing and hanging out, hence the various keys. Each were in various parts of the area, one was to our old apartment where Ian and Suz now live, another to Jan and Pete's marvel of a house in Dolores Heights and the last was to Deb and Adam's perfect house in North Berkeley. All different living spaces, all great people and all places we recalled fondly along our journey this last year.

It has been impressive the speed at which mu and i have felt totally at home here. We loved living here for those 4 years for a reason. While we were traveling, it has been so special when people meet us along the road. Loved ones met up with us in Madagascar, Kenya, Sardinia, Corsica, Santiago, Machu Picchu, Lima and London. That list alone would have been a good year of travel.

Several points in the last week, I have looked out across a restaurant, bar or hiking trail and seen a host of dear family and/or friends. In the last week, we have seen literally dozens of loved ones, a rush of catching up both on our adventures and all that people have been doing in the last year. Pretty cool to go from the coupled solitude mu and i have been living on the road to seeing everyone. Both are great, and i think a good life would have healthy doses of each. Thank you for making it so special to be back!

 

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