ceviche and the sights!

Guess what we did?

We went for a drive!

First, Paul took the three of us along the route I'd walked earlier, letting me know I'd done a 5K - yeah, me!

Then we hit San Pablo Avenue and just kept driving on it... and driving on it... and driving on it...

from their little town to Richmond...

on even farther to Pinole...

and kept on up to Hercules and its refinery.

That last name rang a distant bell with me - oh, wow, this was the source of the Hifax high-molecular-weight linear polyethylene that I'd used in my doctoral research!

What an incredible circumstance, given that I was going through those old papers not even two weeks thence.

(I have to wonder if Andrew has ever been out here and seen this site?)

Along the way, we had stopped for dinner at a new Mexican place, El Agave Azul.

Here's the bonus: it was new to all three of us!

And here's a another bonus: I was the first to post a review of it on Tripadvisor!

Right place, right time! 

After dinner, we'd continued our scenic drive, ending up at Hercules, as I'd mentioned.

(Pay no mind to the map photo, it's just to give a rough idea of where we went.)

Paul pulled over so I could take photographs of the area near the refinery and the bridge and the surrounding hillside, all so different from my saltwater marshes and live oak trees.

The sun was just slipping over the horizon, lending a parting rosy glow as it waved farewell...

absolutely beautiful.

Right place, right time!

i thank You, God.