It's Sunday and it is Father's Day. As we are traveling it is easy to lose track of time and I had completely forgotten. Luckily Brian called to wish Jeff a happy day and that reminded me. We've had some more mechanical problems. This time with our computers. First Jeff's laptop stopped working a few days ago. He has figured out the problem and needs to send the unit to HP to be repaired. Today my laptop stopped working. Again, Jeff thinks it has to do with the power supply, but it is mighty inconvenient. We've been dependent on our computers for e-mail, news and of course this blog. We feel totally cut off.
Well as luck would have it we arrived in Folsom at lunch time and headed directly to the Lake Forest Cafe. This charming eatery is owned by Jeff's cousin Barbara Jean Rubin Alpert and we are here to visit with her and her family. Barbara Jean's dad, Mike Rubin, was a first cousin and dear friend to Jeff's dad. Barbara Jean, husband Howard and daughters Emily and Dori live in Eldorado Hills which was an old gold mining area. BJ opened her cafe 26 years ago and serves breakfast and lunch. The menu is fantastic and it was hard to decide what to eat. I chose the Mike's potatoes which are cooked with tomatoes, avocados, onions and smothered with cheese and sour cream. Jeff enjoyed a thick hamburger. We started with delectable sweet cinnamon rolls and had to go for a hike in the nearby woods to work off some of the calories.
We took Ziggy on a walk around Lake Natoma and she got to go swimming in the cool water. Yes Marlene, Ziggy has decided that she is a water dog and she's becoming a good swimmer. Afterward Barbara Jean was done with work and led us up into the hills where she lives. The house sits on a hillside overlooking Folsom Lake and we had to park the RV on the street with quite a slant. We've decided to sleep inside tonight as we would probably slide out of bed in the RV.
Our whole group and Howard's mother, Bernice, went out for Japanese food and now after catching up on the blog it is time for bed.
3 comments:
Glad to hear that you are with Barbara Jean and her clan.
Is Ziggy enjoying his two legged and four-legged cousins?
Give them all a kiss from me.
Isn't Barbara Jean's restaurant wonderful. Too bad it is across the country or I'd eat there every day. Give everyone a hug from me too.
I want to know more about how to find this restaurant. We'll definitely stop there when we get up that way. (Find out if there's a 'close friends' discount!)
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