Thanksgiving Trip - Day 10

[had a very early departure - hotel shuttle to airport - flew back to Atlanta via Phoenix (Sky Harbor) - met by our limo service]

Thanksgiving Trip - Day 9

[said good-bye to Mary, Leo & Shannon around lunch time and then drove to LAX (checked into Airport Marriot) - called Kathy and coordinated a visit in Santa Monica - directions OK, but I missed a turn in Culver City and then (apparently) drove through a red light (ticket arrived in late JAN 2003) - had a very enjoyable time with Kathy, walking along the waterfront and seeing where she worked - had dinner and then headed back to our hotel - I took the rental car back to the airport, since we get to use the hotel shuttle in the morning (1700L) - while trying to get to sleep (yeah, right), the kids had fun watching airplanes on final approach fly right over hotel - as you might have guessed, no one got much sleep]

Thanksgiving Trip - Day 8

[went with Mary, Leo and Shannon to Disneyland in Anaheim - had great fun all day - we left the park in the early evening and had dinner together at Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria (finished at 2030L) - drove back to Mary and Leo's house - got gas in Westminster - kids got another "sleepover" with Shannon]

Thanksgiving Trip - Day 7

[breakfast at Baleen - visited with family before we had to leave - departed Paradise Point around noon - drove out to Julian to explore and have some apple pie at the Julian Cafe (1500L) - kids' first root beer - headed over to Temecula to visit my favorite winery (Wilson Creek) to pick up some Almond Champaigne (made it just before they closed) - took I-15 north and then cut across the mountains to Long Beach - had dinner with Mary and Leo at Lone Star Steakhouse (finished at 1920L) - stayed with them over night (Shannon excited for sleep-over visitors!)]