........back to the bay

........friendly cow

........friendlier calf

........mom and me and mount diablo

........rope swinging with the nieces and nephews

........tarzan style

........now it's the dinosaur's turn

........claire is more interested in the ribbon than the present

........ian's exhaustive book of obscure sports

........tate busts out the factoids

........christmas morning, punishingly early

........up with the roosters

........football cards

........stocking unstuffers

........the grown-ups take their turn

........a few hours later, round three

........mom and claire

........test flight for calla's new helicopter

........mom shoots for three

........batteries depleted

........helicopter rescue squad

........the san diego contingent prepares to head south

........one last look at the bay

........from the air, mono lake

........probably south dakota