Independence night

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It was dark by the time we got home, and no sooner had we put our folding chairs out on the alley than the show began. We supplanted bombs bursting in air with our own sparklers. What a terrific show the city puts on every year!

Reunion One

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Nancy's plan for our arrival was to have Mom go into the terminal and look for our arrival time while she drove around outside to avoid the parking fees. However, timing was a bit off, and DOD and I were able to sneak up on Mom while she was checking the Arrivals board. When this shot was snapped, Mom still didn't know we were there ... until the flash went off ...

... then HAPPY REUNION!

Just LOOK at the energy in these two! Amazing!

And of course our chauffeur-ess/chariot-driver awaited! We reunited our luggage and ourselves with Nancy too!

Time to head Home.

Nail-biter transit

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Plan: Connect with DOD in LA and both of us catch our flight together.

Problem: Train 2 1/2 hours late into LA. The window designed into our plans was 3 1/2 hrs. You do the math.

Regardless, once the sun had come up, the scenery presented itself. It was clear southbound before Victorville, but once we began the descent into the greater LA basin the fog got thick. DOD reminded me it is the marine layer.

We made our flight.

(As with all photos on this blog, clicking on them enlarges them.)