California Dec 26 - 29 With Dave & Barbara Sandberg

We left Deb and Mike's the morning of the 26th and headed for Joan's brother and sister-in-law in Three Rivers, CA, where Dave and Barbara built a beautiful new house about three years ago. Three Rivers is located about half an hour east of Visalia, CA. Given it was our 35th anniversary, we stopped on the way at a McDonalds in Tulare and celebrated with a Double Quarter Pounder and Fries!

The back (or front?) of the house faces the hills above, and the front (back?) looks down over the town. This is the front (or back!)
We had a foggy morning one day.
The Sandbergs still have about 14 birds of the parrot/macaw ilk, three cats and four dogs; including Boris shown below. This dog has the biggest ears of any dog I have any seen.
Very near their house is a reservoir. The water level is quite low right now, but with the snow melt in the spring will be up to the line visible just under Dave's left elbow. The marina you see will actually be towed up the side of the hill as the water level raises. Not visible in this picture is the shore line camping area which will be submerged as the water rises.
One day while there, we met up with Betty and Al Hagopian at their home in Reedley, and then drove to Kingsburg, a small Swedish town about 10 miles south. Unfortunately, Barbara was unable to join us because on of their birds - who has some medical problems - was ill and she didn't feel she could leave the bird without knowing what was wrong.

We shopped for a bit in a Swedish Butik in the town. I couldn't convince Joan to buy this for some reason!
Kingsburg - to be continued.....