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Day 6 – 1/30 – Back Home

Up, Breakfast, Turn in the rental car; Steve and Billie picked us up and drove us to Union Station.  There we caught the FlyAway bus to the airport Where we cleared security in about 5 minutes and wandered the halls before choosing a lunch place (Killer fish tacos).  Then we retired to the gate where […]

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Day 5 – 1/29 – Around Town

The day began with a trip to the mall. Probably not the most exciting thing we could have done today, but Cheryl and Billie both decided that they needed to do some shopping.  I tagged along a) to drive; and 2) to spend the time mall-walking.  We were all successful in our efforts. Following lunch

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Day 3 – 1/27 – Huntington Day 1

Fools that we were, we thought we could do the Huntington Library in 1 day. Following breakfast (and a discussion with Arlene about the tattoo convention currently being held at the Pasadena convention center) we picked up Billie (Steve was stoved-up from our day yesterday) and headed to the Huntington Library. The “library” is a

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Day 2 – 1/26 – Ashes and Tar Pits

We arose, breakfasted at the hotel (where we met Arlene; Not your typical Best Western Breakfast person Arlene is friendly, chatty, attentive, and interested in “her people”.) and headed over to the house. At the appointed hour we departed in caravan for the Las Angeles National Cemetery (the military cemetery where Billie’s father is buried).

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Day 1 – 1/25 – On the road again

We were pleased to be invited. Billie Farley’s mother, Thelma Freeman, passed away some time ago.  And (for a lot of reasons) her ashes hadn’t been interred.  Eventually the date was set (January 26) and Billie asked if we would like to participate. We had developed a rather close relationship with Thelma over the years.

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Day 15 – 11/6 – HOME

Not much to report today. Breakfast, Gas, I-15 headed north (toward Provo, Salt Lake, Ogden, etc.). I immediately got in the HOV lane and pretty much sailed thru the cities.  It was much easier than I anticipated.  We didn’t even switch to the I-215 belt route.  Beyond that it was a normal drive. We traded

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Day 14 – 11/5 – On the road home

  Up, Last morning shot of the Panamints Breakfast and on the bus for the drive back to Las Vegas. We deposited the flyers at the airport and the rest of us returned to the hotel to pick up our cars and hit the road.  Darrell invited us to join their group for lunch in

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Day 13 – 11/4 – Around and About the Park II

Up, Say good morning to the Panamint Mountains, Breakfast, Bus… We started the day at Golden Canyon Trail – a canyon with several slot canyons off to the side. The next stop was Gower Gulch where we examined the innards of the geological formation informally known as “fanglomerate” – a unique conglomerate rock found in

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