"Trip to SoCal-Day 7"

Today was laundry day. We pretty much stayed home and did laundry and watched DVD's. The girls also planned what they'll be filming with a friend next week and also played cards and on the computer. I took a nap since I've been having trouble breathing and it's quite tiresome. I had to use my nebulizer twice today, but I'm doing better now. I also was stuffed up and had a headache so it was a great day to do nothing but laundry.

Another day I didn't take any photos. Tomorrow we will be going to Balboa Park, so I should have more photos to post.

Trip to SoCal-Day 6

Well, today I got up early again to see Sarah off. She's been walking with my sister, Laura, at 6:15 in the morning. Ugh! Not my cup of tea, being a night owl. We went to Frasier Farms after lunch and boy are the produce prices awesome here! We got cantelope for 88cents. The whole cantelope, not per pound! We also got grapes, white peaches, plums, and nectarines. We also got cashews really cheap. Some of the fruit will take a few days to ripen, but some of it is ready now. YUM!!!

After the store, we went to my sister's house to swim. The girls went right out to the pool and I ended up not ever going in. It was the first time my sister and I had some time to ourselves to just chat and catch up on everything. If you get the chance, you should go to her website and see the beautiful silk scarves she hand paints and sells. HERE'S THE LINK Her website is not very old, so be sure to check back and see what's new. She's always painting and adding new ones as she sells others.

We had a nice afternoon/evening with Laura and then headed home and watched a DVD and then went off to bed. I realized that I never took any photos today. Bummer.

"Trip to SoCal-Day 5"

Today we got to visit with my good friend from high school, her two children and also her mother. We had a great visit and then went to Taco Bell for lunch and came back and visited some more. I was sad when they left as she and her family are moving to Texas in two weeks. Who knows when I'll see them again. We took a few pictures before they left. I shall post one here...

"Trip to SoCal-Day 4"

We got up at 5:15am today to take Paul to the train station where the commuter train will take him to where he is attending school this week and next. We will pick him up again on Friday afternoon. It will be lonely here without him. Just us girls.

We came home and went back to bed and when we got up, it was too late for church. In the afternoon we went to the Christian Bookstore and then to the beach. We did a little "souvenier" shopping and then headed down to the beach. It was a beautiful afternoon/evening. The girls made a picture for their dad. I'll post it here...

It was really sad cause I was sitting there on the beach and some seagulls came and landed nearby. I noticed that this guy was limping. Then, I could see a fish hook was through his leg. Poor little guy. I wanted to go help him, but I knew he'd just fly away and I know nothing of helping birds like that.

We went to Taco Bell for dinner after the sunset. Hey, it's cheap and we like it...what can I say? Even though I grew up here, it is weird driving around because so much has changed that I find myself not recognizing familiar places. It's so strange.

"Trip to SoCal-Day 3"

We slept in today and then went to my sister's house to swim. We had the pool to ourselves. It felt good to swim. We then went to an old favorite ice cream place called, "Pepper Tree Frosty." (see photo above) They have yummy chocolate dipped cones. Problem is you have to eat them fast! Prices have gone up from what we remember.

We came back to my FIL's place and ate lunch and are now waiting for my sis to come over and take in a move with us. We are thinking of going to the beach this evening. I want to pick up a new small Bible with large print at a Christian Bookstore in Carlsbad.

We're enjoying our time here so far!

Trip to SoCal-Day 2

Our family arrived in Southern California this afternoon. $5.19 a gallon was the most expensive gas we saw on our drive here. The drive was uneventful for which we are grateful. We could hardly see Mt. Whitney (left) due to the smoke in the air obscuring the view of it, though. The Eastern Sierra's are so majestic. I will try to post a photo if I got a decent one while driving. (the wind shield is cracked in front of my side of the car)

We went and stopped in at my sister's house when we first arrived. It was good to see her again. Then, we went and grabbed some late lunch at Taco Bell and she went home from there to finish her work day. We are now resting at my father-in-law's house enjoying the ocean breeze, which we have missed since moving from here almost 13 years ago.

My husband is actually here on business, he is attending management school for the next two weeks, but we will be able to see him on the weekends since we are here. Last summer when he went, we stayed home and it was not fun. Our extended family is here in SoCal, too, so we will get to see them. My husband's side is out of town though, so we will only see mine this time. We will also get to visit some dear friends we haven't seen in quite some time.

Time to watch the Count of Monte Cristo with the family. More tomorrow...

Amy takes time out to call David. Kids these days have it so good!

"Trip to SoCal-Day 1"

We left our home in Idaho at 6:30am this morning and arrived in Bishop, Ca. at 6:30pm (Idaho time) so we were on the road for a full 12 hours today. Most of Nevada had bad visibility due to the smoke from the fires. There's a layer of ash on the pool at the hotel where we are and the air quality is bad with the air blowing and the ash in the air falling all around. The temp is 106 degrees. Ugh!

I think I'm too tired to swim anyway, so I'm going to take a cold shower to cool off and then rest. It feels so good to just lie down or even just sit on the soft bed after being in the car all day. Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We only have about 5 hours left to drive tomorrow before reaching our destination. Yeah!

It's just not a road trip until you have to stop and wait for road work!

Here you can see how hazy it was from the smoke. At times we couldn't even see the mountains.