Once again, it’s been a long time between posts. Between both of us working alot and having miserable wifi I just haven’t been able to keep up with it. But here we are at Vandenburg AFB in Lompoc, Ca. Almost halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The campground itself is adequate. Not our best by far. The grass sites were all full so we were relegated to basically a parking lot but we had full hook up and for…
Today we went to Disneyland. Not only had Cadence never been there, neither has papa. We had a great time. She especially loved the fact that she’s now big enough to go on some of the bigger roller coasters and we all went on the runway train. She loves roller coasters and was in her glory. (So was papa). Click on the picture above to see the rest of the pictures. She loves roller coasters!
Saturday and Sunday we got together with our friends Kevin and Penny from Dallas and their twin 5 year old granddaughters. The three girls became friends immediately. We hung out at the beach, pool and had Smores at the fire pit. It was a great weekend. Click the picture above to see the rest of the pictures.
Saturday Jamie and Cadence arrived around noon after a very early wake-up (12:30 am California time) and a long flight. They were both ready for a nap so laid down together. Cadences’ nap was much shorter than grandma’s, lol, so papa took Cadence to the beach. We’re still breaking her in as a beach bunny so she didn’t think much of the warm sand lol. But she played with some kids and had a great time splashing in the water….
Sunday I hit the road for southern California. We decided to skip most of New Mexico and Arizona for two reasons. 1. We have some friends that were going there with their twin 5 year old granddaughters so we thought we’d bring cadence out to meet them and also fulfill my promise to take her to Disney for her birthday. 2. We want to hit Alaska by the middle of August so we figured hitting the northern states throughout June…
Jamie had to head to Chicago for training. She was accepted into the Flight Attendant service manager program (congratulations, honey) which basically means she’ll be the head flight attendant on all her flights. The training is a week long so I’m on my own for a while. After dropping her at the airport, Jordan (our nephew) and I went to Sandia mountain to ride the tram to the top. It was a great trip. The tram goes from 5000′ to…
So to make sure we hit all the states we headed to Hawaii, Kauai to be exact. Unfortunately the motor home wouldn’t make it there so we had to leave her in Albuquerque. Of course, the reality is that we do this trip every year in May. It’s a combo golf, mother’s day and anniversary trip. We had a fabulous time and fabulous weather. I surprised Jamie with a convertible mustang. Which I must say is a blast to drive….
Gonna sum up three days in one entry. Tuesday we went out to lunch with Jamie’s stepdad, Jim, to the Standard diner. Sue, my sister, found that one from the show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. I had a burger called the Bourbon Butter Burger that is probably a heart attack waiting to happen but it was excellent. Basically a burger topped with maple bourbon compound butter. Boy was it good. After that we went to Albuquerque’s old town and listened…
Today we headed to Jemez Pueblo and Giggling springs. It’s about an hour or so northwest of Albuquerque. I was expecting to see one of those multi leveled adobe style homes built into a mountain but apparently a pueblo is simply a term for an Indian settlement in the Southeast US. So in this case Jemez Pueblo was simply a town where Indians lived. But the hot springs were great. First opened in the 1800’s the original bath house still…