Petaluma Friends - Day One

Marilyn, Bill, Bill Crowley, Barb

For the next couple of days, we are staying with our friends, Bill and Barb Crowley.  After both retired, they moved to Petaluma from Rochester four years ago to be near their two children and the recent addition to their family, Vinnie, their first grandchild.  They appear to have become fully acclimated to life and climate here.  But then, who wouldn't?

After the girls were up till 2:00 AM visiting, we got a late start and spent the late morning through early afternoon walking through Petaluma and having a leisurely lunch at one of Bill's favorite places.  They live in downtown Petaluma in a redeveloped area called the "Theater District."  Their three bedroom apartment is spacious with lovely views.  Everything is walkable in a charming district that sits astride a channel or river that leads out to the Bay and beyond.  It was cloudy most of the day with a break around sunset.  I scouted out a few locations and came back out around 8:00 and got a few nice sunset lit photos of the area.  We will see what sun rise tomorrow might bring.

One of the interesting places we visited is the Seed Bank.  This is a store in an historic bank building in downtown Petaluma that sells heirloom seeds and associated supplies of all kinds.

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