David and Haruko!: March '09

Hi Everyone!

How was your March? We had a great month! We are doing are best to stimulate the economy by spending our retirement money now.

Just kidding - actually we got our Federal and State tax refunds - and put the money right back into the economy.

:-)

We went to the Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton - where they have a new coffee shop - I like the name (my mom's name was Gloria Jean):

We spent some more money at the Folsom Outlet Mall:

We got a phone call from Jocelyn while we were in Sacramento - it's the only time we talked to her this month. She's very busy in boot-camp. She seems fine - other than sore feet from all the marching, hiking, running, etc. We did receive a couple of letters from her too - she sent a package with some Army paraphernalia - I have a new bumper sticker on my scooter!:

While we were in Folsom we spotted a solar array parking lot next to a motorcycle dealer:

I rode the Vectrix to Bob's house in Discovery Bay one Saturday... and overestimated my range! I was riding faster than usual and ran out of electricity just a few blocks from Bob's house. I found an outlet at a gas station and charged up a little to make it the rest of the way.

We made the trek to our favorite grocery store/deli:
The Sacramento Whole Foods Co-op.

I decided to make a run to Davis, to visit my friend Dave, on the electric bike - the longest ride yet. I had to stop in Rio Vista (about half-way) to charge the battery - which got me almost to Davis.

Waiting for the batteries to charge:

Lunch at Dave's:

Waiting for the batteries to charge:

Again...Waiting for the batteries to charge:

One Sunday we drove to San Jose to do some shopping and running around. We went the Japantown - which was really cool, but many of the stores were closed. We would like to go back on a Saturday!