The timing seems to be pretty good.  Interest rates are great.  Even with lower home values though, price tags are still astronomical to us.  Hopefully whatever we buy will appreciate well over the next 20 years, allowing us to sell it in retirement and maybe bank a little savings.  We are focusing on San Ramon, but scanning everything from Pleasanton, up to Walnut Creek.  San Ramon is a great, central location for us, giving us more commuting options for jobs down the road.

It’s pretty exciting to think of settling down, after so many moves over the last 35(!) years.  It’s especially exciting to be doing it here in the Bay Area, which we’ve come to love.

Halfway through the first 15-miler

Most of our riding so far has been on the Iron Horse Trail.  Other rides will take us to Lafayette Reservoir, Alameda, across the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito, and the American River Bike Path, near Sacramento.

We’ve never been big bike riders, so this is something new and fun for us to take these long rides.  It’s fun to pass through the different communities and watch everything and everybody go by.