Sunday, April 20

Aidan climbed in to bed with us just before 7 this time, not too bad. He seems to have picked up quite a cough overnight, though. I hope that doesn’t stick around. We had some breakfast and went down to feed the ducks one more time. Aidan kept talking about the little ducks and the big duck…we can’t get him to say “goose” for some reason. This morning we just had one duck and the goose. The goose is mean! It hisses if the ducks get too close, or we get too close, or we don’t feed fast enough. After that, we tried calling my great-uncle Will to see about stopping by, but got his answering system, so decided we’d just start heading there. We had lunch in the RV a little ways from his place, and called again. This time he answered and was ready for our visit. We had trouble reaching him once we got there, but the people in the office gave us a map to his apartment, so we finally made it. We had a great visit. Will told us all sorts of stories about his career and family life, which we videotaped. We also talked about how everyone else in the family is doing. Aidan had fun with the various stuffed animals and cars he found around the apartment. We visited a few hours, and then made our way up toward San Francisco. We’re staying at the San Francisco RV Resort, with a spot right on the ocean. Just feet from our RV there are signs warning not to pass the fence because of erosion danger! The cliff is very sandy. There is even a path down a bit that just ends at the cliff edge. The view is amazing, though. Aidan was very impressed with the ocean. We walked down close to the shore, but didn’t climb down the rocks to get all the way to the beach. Maybe we’ll do that another time if we’re feeling adventurous. It’s fairly cool today, so we headed back to the RV for dinner and stayed in for the night. Aidan watched a short video and was in bed early, since he’s still coughing. The poor guy can’t figure out why he can’t talk, and won’t cough it up when we tell him that will help. He’ll figure it out eventually. We’re just hoping he’s well enough to handle sightseeing in 60 degrees and wind all day tomorrow. It’s going to be a full day, the most packed and scheduled (and probably expensive!) of our vacation by far.