We're here!

After much anticipation, we're finally here in Northern California in the small city called El Sobrante - around 20 miles east of the bay. Where is that, you ask. I hadn't heard about this place myself until we came to look for a place to rent. We fell in love with the house the first time we saw it. The house itself isn't too big but has a sizeable yard for Rafael to wander around.

We had planned to leave as early as Saturday but the forecast of heavy rain made us decide to delay it until Sunday. It's my first time to be driving a 16 foot truck that I didn't want to risk driving in those conditions at the dreaded Grapevine. Sunday was nice and sunny so we loaded the remaining stuff we had into my car and Angel's car. Still we had a few stuff left which we decided to just leave behind.

The drive was initially stressful for me as I was being extra-careful. I had, what must've been a 3000 lb load to transport at 60-70 mph for 450 miles. After several hours of driving, it felt like driving my own car already. Overall, it took us a little more than 7 hours from Carmesi to El Sobrante.

So here we are on our 5th day here and it is shaping up to be a home - our home for God knows how long.

Last Wednesday, we had a quiet dinner with myself, Angel, Gra'ma, Bil and Olga to celebrate Rafael's 2nd birthday. Tomorrow however, we will be celebrating it with a few more close family and friends.













Here are some more taken today while he took his new bike out for a spin: