Wrapping up Malibu & Santa Monica

Today we wrapped up our time in Malibu and Santa Monica & headed out to Palm Springs. The weather was forcasted to be big rain starting early this morning and going all day. We wanted to get going before the rain, but not too early as to get caught in LA morning rush hour. Somehow we managed to avoid both. It was a bit hairy driving through L.A. and Rich became a lane-changing fool, but we did it in just about 3 hours, plus a stop for gas somewhere along the way.

On Wednesday we met my aunt Caroline & George at the Santa Monica farmers' market along with my aunt Connie & Uncle Terry. After a bit of shopping for veggies, we ate lunch at Wolfgang Puck's pizza kitchen. Rich was in heaven having pizza. On the way home, we stopped along the beach to watch the surfers.

Last night we had a wonderful dinner with my aunt Connie, uncle Terry, and cousin Paul. Paul has certainly grown since we last saw him. He's now over 6' tall with size 13 feet!!! He's running cross country, playing violin and playing piano. We took a wine which seemed to go over well. Earlier in the day Connie & Terry came over to see our RV. They seemed to be impressed with the size and ammenities.

On our way to Palm Springs today we went through a valley of sorts, where it got very windy. Suddenly there were tons of these wind machines, everywhere:


When we stopped for gas Snuggles got to do her favorite RV activity, spying. She loves to look at what's going on outside, especially if someone gets close. Here's a picture of our resident "spy".


Laura