The past couple of days have been rainy here, so we have spent time with the pets, talking and texting with family, and finalizing some travel and housesitting plans for the next few months. We now have scheduled pretty much settled through the start of September. We confirmed 2 sits in the past couple of days, one for cats in Florida at the end of May and one for an older dog in Pennsylvania in June.
Today is bright and about as warm as it’s been for a while, so we headed north (away from downtown Oakland and San Francisco) two stops on the BART yellow line to the lovely community of Lafayette. It is a suburban city of about 25,000 on the other side of the Berkeley Hills from Oakland. We spent a good couple of hours or so exploring its pretty downtown and walking around the Lafayette Reservoir.
our first view of Lafayette from the BART station.
The memorial commemorates soldiers killed
in the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan.
Mount Diablo Road is the main thoroughfare through Lafayette, where most of the retail and restaurants are located. The following are some pics from along this road. Within a few blocks, they have the options to get groceries at Safeway, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and a local high-end store called Diablo Foods.
that connects the BART station to Mount Diablo Road.
about the community
While Bob was looking around town, especially the grocery stores, I walked about 25 minutes to the Lafayette Reservoir and then walked the lovely, paved, almost 3 mile trail around the reservoir. It was a popular spot for walkers, dog walkers, and moms pushing strollers.
The reservoir is maintained as a domestic water supply, so swimming and wading are prohibited, but visitors can rent boats, fish (with a permit), and enjoy scenic views of Mount Diablo.
on my way to the Reservoir
Some pics from the walk —
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