Hurricane? What hurricane?

So we headed out to San Francisco this weekend as we had the Labor Day holiday. We had an absolutely fantastic time - it was nice to see some of our friends again and spend some time in beautiful California.

Thankfully it didn't make us feel like we've made a huge mistake moving to Texas so that was a plus!

If anyone we saw is reading this - we had a fantastic time and we can't wait to be back or see you in Texas :-)

We were worried we might not make it back to TX given the size and ferocity of hurricane Gustav. When we left TX on Friday there was nothing but scare tactics from the local news organizations so we were expecting the worst. We even sat in San Francisco on Monday wondering whether it was worth going to the airport for our flight.

Well it was all a bit of a non-event for this area - Gustav came ashore further East than we feared and it helpfully kept going Northwest at a fair pace meaning that it weakened quickly and missed Houston completely. We landed at midnight in fairly flat conditions, 81 degrees F and with a completely clear, starry night sky!

In fact the biggest issue we had was getting our clothes, a case of wine and a margarita maker into the Mazda... thank goodness it wasn't raining as we had to put the top down and lay the margarita maker on my lap for the journey home!