Tuesday January 10, 2017

Blog time 1730 Wednesday the 11th at home

We are back from our trip to southern CA.

I developed double vision on Thursday the 5th right after landing at LAX.

I am wearing an eyepatch but typing is still a challenge. This blog will be brief.

Thursday the 5th, we set alarm for 0500. The taxi arrived at 0600. The airport was busy but no problems until we got on plane. Extremely cold weather required the water in plane be drained. We had to wait until the water was replaced and the plane deiced. We were late getting into Chicago. Hustled to make our plane to LA.

I think United goes out of their way to make folks in Economy uncomfortable.

We did have a good experience getting our rental car from Hertz. No waiting, no hassle.

I drove to the Hampton Inn in Carson. We like this Hampton Inn because of its great location.

I noted my double vision on the drive to Carson. Nancy drove for the rest of the trip.

Missy stopped by to pick up AJ after she got out of work. We all had a quick bite at Panera in Carson.

Friday morning I was up early 0600 and headed downstairs for Hampton's complimentary breakfast. They have great oatmeal.

I took a 3 mile walk and then Nancy drove me to Belmont Shores neighborhood in Long Beach. I was to meet Steve for lunch, a father/son affair. We had mixed signals because Steve invited his family. I called Nancy to join us. We had a nice meal with Steve's family.

After lunch Nancy and I just hung out. We bought some wine and cheese and had a light meal at the hotel.

Saturday and we visited several shopping areas. Missy and AJ drove down and we had dinner at the Olive Garden. The place was crowded so we waited outside. The temp was near 70. Very pleasant.

Sunday up early because today we are driving to Irving to see Grandson Lucas play soccer. The game started at 0800. Lucas's team won. The win meant that they had another game at 1300.

We all had breakfast at a local cafe. We also visited a farmers market held in the park. The afternoon game was for the championship. Unfortunately Lucas's team lost.

We took it easy the rest of the day.

Monday it rained last night in fact we encountered rain all during our stay in CA but it did not interfere with any activities.

After breakfast we spent some time walking in a huge mall. The sun came out so we headed to Redondo Beach for a long walk on the beach. Great day for a walk on the beach.

Early dinner at Chili's. Finished packing and retired early.

Tuesday travel day. Leisurely breakfast, headed out at 1000 for LAX. Flew to Denver with no problems. We had a big tail wind on flight to GR we arrived 40 minutes early. We arrived at home at midnight.