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                    After our visit to Berkeley, all the four of them became very busy due to various reasons.A1and A2  had additional work load in  the school programme. Cheenu had to regularize his work permit tendering a lot of applications which made him tied to his desk.My return to  India  on the 10th July was shifted indefinitely due to the cancellation of international flights. Reservation had been made in the Singapore Airways flight but it could not be executed for obvious reasons .A formal permission had to be obtained for my stay in U.S after 10th July..This  is true of very many persons who had come to US .  Except for shopping purposes , Hand C  themselves could not move away from the house for quite a long time.

             For the past few months,more and  more of covid 19 cases are being reported    and consequently every now and then, the State Governments are announcing policy decisions to  prevent the further  spread of the virus . Already  , the US  is topping the list of  affected cases and the number of deaths. The leading news papers are publishing the  swelling figures.The main news broadcast in  TVs is about this pandemic only. In the past  two months  many industrial establishments and software companies were  virtually closed and the production got affected ,many people lost their jobs and  came to  streets . the economy of the country gettting shattered! The govt. is trying its best to prevent the fall of economy , encouraging medical research  .Priority was given to covid affected persons for best treatment , alerting the Doctors and nurses for their essencial services!

                     At one stroke, our area, Fostecity is a place which enjoys all types natures. It is situated in the sea level  surrounded by sea and baywaters, protected by hills around . and not for away ,we have elevated hilly towns with roads and highways to reach them with valleys and lakes.

                         It will be a pleasant sight to look through  our window as I have already explained , the bay, bridges, boats and flights.If you look further beyond  the long  bridge , you can see a series of mounts visible clearly on unclouded days.which will be a source of an additional enjoyment. The  tallest among these hills is known as Mount  Diablo. We visited this mount on 26 th July. We can photograph  this mount from our window. Fostercity is visible from this mount.  Travel along the long bridge towards Hayward and on reaching the town, you turn left which ultimately takes you to this mount. Naturally, road to the top gets elevated as the height increases , with a lot of twists and turns . The road gets branched off in different points.We can see a number of young ones , cycling on the right portion of the road earmarked for cycling. There are a number of parking spots as you approach the top.with other conveniences . you can stop your vehicle , look at the  valleys down  with  streams, trees and lakes . you take your tea and snacks ,spend some enjoyable time .and return You can see a big crowd of people who come to these to spend some good time of the day.

                   (  to  be  continued   )