Pebble Beach - 2008

We spent about one third of the year on the Monterey Peninsula - here is the Carmel Mission
(Click here for more peninsula photos - Click here for more photos of the California missions)

 

Monterey's commercial wharf

Fisherman's Wharf - Monterey

Sunset at Asilomar Beach, Pacific Grove

Monarch butterflies - the symbol of Pacific Grove

Egret at Point Lobos

American coot in Monterey

Western scrub jay at the Naval Postgraduate School

Pelican at the Monterey commercial wharf

Thanksgiving with Roy and Karen Butts (left) at the Creston ranch of Jim Mills and Beth Myers (right)

The Francona version of Christmas lights -
If you know Emily - this makes sense to you....

Winetasting at Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, Windsor

Vineyards near Paso Robles

A visit to a friend in Sequim, Washington (click here for more pictures)

Winetasting in Sonoma (click here for more pictures)

San Francisco Solano Mission - Sonoma (click here for more California Mission photos)

Inside the Solano mission

You will note links to other pages of photos. Over the last year, we have digitized the thousands of our slides and photographs and placed a representative sampling on web pages. Please visit the Francona Travels Page and view the images from our travels over the years.

Argentina

Emily traveled to Argentina as the leader of a Rotary International Group Study Exchange.
More Argentina photos - Read the team blog

Iguazu Falls

The team arriving in Corrientes

Emily inspects wells - the site of a future water project for our local Rotary club - read more

Rick's work with NBC News ended in 2008, but he did some speaking and television appearances here and in Canada.

Port Orford

The house with new south wall, thanks to 130mph winds on December 3, 2007

Autumn sunrise from the south deck

Summer moonrise from the south deck

The Breadman inspecting Emily's just-picked chanterelles

Doug and Karen Hansen with Dave Holman
Point Orford Heritage Society colleagues

Rick cooking burgers at the Rotary Show and Shine

Margarita time with Nancy and the Breadman

Cathy Peschiera on the south deck

Living room with new vertical format windows

Cathy Peschiera and Emily with her Honda scooter

Lunch in Sausalito with Nick Shenkin
Emily and Nick discussed his career options
Nick's now an FBI Special Agent

Dinner in the fog...
Emily, Tyson and Michelle Breuer, Deloris and Milt Finch

Guest chef Paul Peschiera on the "Guy Deck"

Emily dressed appropriately for the Heritage Society Oktoberfest

Rick and the Breadman sampling Oregon Pinot Noir

Russian sailboat with Hammer and Sickle seen from the deck
(sort of like wearing a swastika in Germany?)

The US Coast Guard was not amused....

Christmas dinner with Niniv Ibrahim
Niniv was Rick's Arabic language instructor in 1974,
a colleague on the Defense Language Institute faculty in 1978-79
and remains a close personal friend

Rick's grandchildren
Dominic (8), Bella (1) and Dante (4)

Airlee Owens' support the troops rally with Nancy and the Breadman

Your hosts at Bayt Francona: Miss Nikki (top) and Mister Pasha - "the guys"