After arriving in California I (Kathy) visited with my sister in Los Molinos for a few days and then met up with the Corallitos Tucker’s on Saturday, Oct. 11th . They were in Chico visiting their son Taylor who is a freshman at Chico State University.
Chico is about 25 miles south of my sister, Pat’s, house. It was windy and had turned a little cool. Earlier in the week it had been in the 80's. Jim, Tanja and Annalise were visiting Taylor for the parent’s weekend at the University. The plan was for me to join them and tour the campus, have lunch and on their way home drop me off at my Aunt’s for a few days in Stockton. I would venture down to their home the following Wednesday.
California State University at Chico ( CSUC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_State_University , is the second oldest Cal State University. It is a pretty campus and is very strong in environmental programs. Taylor is interested in going into the environmental sciences, has talked about fire fighting, but he has time yet to decide his career path.
We arrived at the campus just as Taylor was getting out of bed. You can see us in his dorm room which is off campus. His parents, Jim and Tanja, had arrived the night before and had taken him to Target to get a mattress pad and chair. He was really thanking them for the mattress pad, he had been poked by the bed springs since day one and was glad to have a comfortable nights sleep.
Taylor has a car but his main transportation on campus is a bicycle. As you can see there are allot of those. We walked the campus, going past the buildings where he attends classes. Of coarse you always have to stop on a bridge and take a picture. Tanja took the picture of Jim, myself, Annalise and Taylor.
After the campus tour we went to lunch at the Sierra Nevada Brewery. Bob is jealous, that’s one of his favorite brewery’s. We were joined by one of Taylor’s roommates, Bryan. It was a great meal and enjoyed by all. Didn’t have time to take the tour but I may go when I go back to my sister’s at the end of the month. For sure I will have lunch with Taylor before going back to Illinois.
The trip to my Aunt Lil’s in Stockton was uneventful (about 3 Hours). Arrived safely and that’s a good thing.