Visited my gaydad friends of many years, Mike and Todd, at their new place near Santa Cruz, where we had taken our kids to play on the beach years ago.  It’s a lovely area and the weather was just perfect.  Great company, great food and great conversation were also at hand.  We stopped by the visitor’s center where they had a new aquarium on display.  The S.S. Palo Alto was also a topic of discussion.  The cement-based ship was brought from Oakland and sunk to become a night club and swimming pool for years, until a series of storms eventually turned it into a new ecosystem for the birds and marine life.

Monte and Cappy looked pretty shabby when we got back from Europe, so instead of dealing with trying to get them trimmed up myself (especially around their sensitive feet), we had them professionally groomed again.  We’re very happy with the results from a local groomer here in Castro Valley.  Another picture has Tucker taking advantage of the guest room having recently been vacated.

We only stopped by for a little while, but it was nice to see a bunch of people we hadn’t seen in a while.  The Yorkie shown is NOT ours, but rather one of a friend of ours who I’ve known for years.  I was glad to get the picture with the Hillary placard.  I have one with Obama from eight years ago!  The corndog prop I’m holding is known as a “porndog,” in case you’re wondering.  I’m vegetarian, but it was a prop that my friend John had many of his friends hold.  I don’t know if he even ate it afterwards!