It rained ...

...on my washing when I forgot all about the lawn sprinklers on timer!

We went exploring this afternoon, Chris has spent three weeks in a row at work so on our first explore as a family out of Los Banos we went over Pacheco Pass (according to GPS was 374m high), which seemed a lot higher to our poor ears after a summer cold ...

On the other side a town called Gilroy with lots of outlet stores to roam ... after some new summer clothes for Bethany, jeans for Josh, some interesting books, and a lead on a TV that might work in NZ too ... we needed food ... and found a whole heap of fun at Chuck E Cheese !!!

It's sort of a cross between lollipops and time zone and a restaurant ... there is a playground tube slide to play in, and games and rides which are all one token each - you also win tickets by playing the games that can be redeemed for prizes ... one pizza and two and a half hours later three happy tired kids, two plastic scorpions, and one ring with pink plastic jewel...

Oh, and if you happen to go while there is a birthday party on you can see Chuck E Cheese ... don't forget your earmuffs it gets pretty loud...