Today we took an awesome hike in Land's End in San Francisco. It was a beautiful day and the air smelled full of spring, blooming flowers and the rich smell of wet earth. It was incredibly green from all of the rain we've been having. It had been a long time since we took this hike and was the first time we did it with the kids. Mostly, they loved it, but it was a lot of walking and a lot of steps. At one point Hazel burst into tears and said she wanted to go back to the car (see picture below). Promises of hot chocolate got us through that rough patch and she persevered to play with rocks on the beach. At the end we did have hot chocolate, as well as a meal, at the Cliff House. Laura and Helen met us much to everyone's delight and we had a fantastic table with a corner view: ocean beach surfers in one direction, Farallon Islands in another and the Sutro baths in another. All in all, a beautiful day.
(Postscript: A major damper on the otherwise wonderful day occurred on the way home from the Cliff House. Laura became extremely ill and Kevin wasn't so hot himself. Turned out they ate bad Mahi-Mahi and were suffering from Stromboid Poisoning. Yikes. Luckily they recovered quickly.)
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I think I had that same poisoning once. I had no idea it was called stromboid poison. I just thought I might be allergic to Mahi mahi. Damon didn't get sick and he ate the same fish. Hmmm. Good to catch up on what you all are doing.
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