Lane's

I went to visit Lane and kids last weekend in April. It was so good to see them. I hadn't seen the kids since last summer. They are about grown.I got some good pictures of everyone. Brooke is doing really good on Frank. Colton is his normal good natured self. Haley was having fun riding with Brooke. Mona was really good at helping the kids and Lane. It was a good weekend. Weather was great.

California

I have gotten really far behind on my blog. In April Logan and I went to California to visit my brother Carl and his wife Leslie. They live in Palmdale. It is what they call high desert. I consider it beautiful. It is desert landscape but the mountains are really beautiful Carl and Les took us everywhere. They had it all planned out and had a really great time. We went to San Diego Zoo, Disneyland and the Sequoia National Forest. The forest and zoo were my favorites. The snow was outstanding. Posted below are pictures I took.

Logan was a GREAT traveling partner and he was really good. He stole Carl and Leslie’s heart besides teaching them how to play their game on the play station. Coming back weather delayed out travels but Logan was a real trooper. He went right along with what we need to do. He can navigate an airport now with the best of them. I hope we get to take another trip together.

The day we arrived we went to Gladstone’s Restaurant on the Pacific Ocean. This is Logan’s first time to see it. It was cold.

Carl and Les at the restaurant

Friday we went sighting around their house. It was really cool.

Saturday we went to San Diego. I did get to meet my nephew Sean, but unfortunately, I neglected to get a picture of him.

Bird of Paradise flower at our hotel in San Diego. I was fascinated by this flower.

Les and Logan at the hotel

Me and Carl on San Diego boardwalk

We went a park on the boardwalk. There were magicians, stores restaurants. Logan got to help a magician. The he got to talk to the birds.

We went to the zoo the next day. There was this really interesting animal at the zoo. It is related to the giraffe and yes it really does have back legs that look like a zebra. We were there all day and still did not see all of the zoo.

The cruise ships came in to port while we were sleeping. Really cool looking ships.

Les, Logan and me went to Disneyland. Didn’t get too many pictures, we were too busy. Found the buried treasure and me and Logan went in Tarzan’s treehouse.

We went Little Rock Park that has dam and beautiful lake. Phillip would have loved it for fishing.

We visited Devil’s Punch Bowl and had a picnic. You can find out interesting information on the fault lines and wildlife here http://www.devils-punchbowl.com/ .

Carl took us to the Sequoia National Forest. It was really beautiful seeing the tall trees. The snow was pretty too.The picture of Carl and Logan is in front of a honey pine (if I remember that correctly not a Sequoia. But it is still a BIG tree.)

We got to meet Les’s mom. She is a really nice lady. Now I know where Les gets her sense of humor and good nature. (She needs it to put up with Carl J)

It was a great trip. Thanks Carl and Les for putting up with us and showing us your world.