Richard & Sylvia's RV Adventures

Day 55 Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Sylvia Flys Out of Oakland International to Washington

Got up really early this morning to make the hour drive into Oakland to take Sylvia to the airport for her flight back to Washington. 

She arrived back in Virginia and said she was amazed at the size of our kitchen and bathroom at home after living in the RV for a couple months.  She said she felt like a visitor and her short time at home did not allow her to get too excited about all the things we normally do in the spring to get the yard in shape.   Linda and Romano took excellent care of the house and she said it was nice getting together with them to catch up.  So with not enough time to worry about what we have to do once we return she just enjoyed visiting with friends and family.  It was so good to see John and Christine again.  The grandkids, Tanner and Sophia, must have grown at least an inch in the past 7 weeks.  She loved getting caught up on all the going ons in their busy lives.  The First Communion was very touching and we were so proud of our young man. Afterwards they celebrated at John and Christines’ house with family and friends.  Family, friends, laughter and good food are ingredients for a great recipe for good memories of this special occasion.

While Sylvia was flying back to DC, I took the opportunity to visit the Jelly Belly Candy factory.  It was really interesting taking the tour to see how the Jelly Belly Beans are made and to hear the history of the company.

The were Ronald Reagan’s favorite and official White House candy.  This, in fact, is what did it to put this candy company on the map and made their sales sky rocket.  Here’s a Jelly Belly Bean mosaic of Ronald Reagan.

posted by Richard @ 12:14 AM