On Saturday Aug 23 we drove to Santa Rosa for my half marathon. We visited the Charles Shultz Museum and really enjoyed it. Such an interesting story about his life and his comic strip. We even got to watch a 30 min Peanuts movie so Josie could understand what it was all about. She hasn't had much exposure to the Peanut's gang since the Christmas and Halloween special always seemed to come on after her bed time. We walked through the museum for awhile then on the "campus" there was also a cafe and ice rink. Charles loved to play ice hockey so he had the rink built for the town and from the cafe you could watch ice skaters. He had breakfast there every morning. We ate lunch there and watched some skating. He always played tennis so built courts for the town. After lunch we went back to the museum to finish up our visit. So much to see and do. We highly recommend a visit to the campus.
One of his early strips when Snoopy was still on all fours.
I loved some of the messages in his strips. Interesting to see how they fit what was happening in the world at the time.
There was an art room where kids could do all kinds of projects. A replica of Charles' home office with an ongoing video of him explaining how he draws his characters and comes up with his ideas.
Of course a visit to the gift shop was necessary and Josie picked out a miniature stuffed Snoopy to take home.
On to a winery where I had to pick up my race packet.
We checked into our motel and had a 45 min rest before we met cousin Holly for dinner. So fun to be with her. We've seen her a couple times since Josie was a wee one but both events, wedding and memorial service Josie wasn't with us so she hadn't seen Josie since she was 3 weeks old.
We went to bed early b/c I had to be at the race at 6:30 for a 7am start. Luckily the motel was 2 miles away so we could leave at 6:15. Our night was disrupted in the early hours by an earth quake of all things. Josie slept right through it but Eric and I both sat up in bed. We were on the 2nd floor of the two story motel so it was swaying a bit but honestly it didn't feel like too big a deal. Didn't think about it being a big quake farther away. Thankfully everything around us and our home on a steep hill was unaffected.
I ended up having a pretty good run for the small amount of training I did. It was hard especially the last few miles but the outcome was worth the effort. Eric and Josie were waiting at the finish line for me. We ate some pancakes, I got a 10-min massage while Eric waited in line with my number to pick up my finishers sweatshirt.
It was a nice drive home. Much less congested then our way up to Santa Rosa.
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