California Dreaming

November 9, 2008 I flew out of Monroe with Nette, Angeleah, and Samuel. Jessica, James, and Brian picked us up at the airport in San Jose, Ca. We spent 10 days with them and had a wonderful time. We took a tour of the jelly belly factory and brought home many jelly beans and other sweets. We went to Emeryville and shopped til we bout dropped. We spent a morning at the botanical gardens in Berkley and had lunch at Angelines Louisiana restaurant. We went to Muir woods and saw giant sequoias. We spent a day at the outlet malls in Vacaville. We bordered a train and had a dinner trip with a murder mystery play. Nette and I kept James and Samuel and gave Jessica and Angeleah a day out. They rode Bart into San Francisco and spent the day shopping. They brought us the best cheese cake from the cheese cake factory. We all had a great time and it was so good to be able to spend time with Jessica and her family.

Veteran's Day Event

This pass weekend I had the good fortune of being able to go with my father-in-law, Oscar Rawls (a World War II Veteran) to a Veteran's Day special event . This was held at the Chennault Aviation Museum on Kansas Lane just down from the Monroe airport. I'm so glad I went, it was really heart warming and moving to see the large turn out for the protectors of our Liberty. I could not hold back the tears. Here is a short video of the event.

Branson Trip Nov '08

Anita and I had a chance to go see the fall colors in north Arkansas this past weekend. Since we were so close to Branson MO. we decided to stay there. We had a great time, the weather was great except for the fog in the early mornings. We went to two shows, Dixie Stampede and Pierce Arrow. Both were great but Pierce Arrow better. Great singers and comedian that kept you laughing so hard your sides hurt. The colors of the leaves were not as vibrant as we had hope but over all the ride down scenic HWY 7 in Ark. was beautiful.Here is a short slide show of some of what we saw.