Saturday, January 31, 2009
Hooray....Daisy is back to normal after her mild case of pancreatitis.A bland diet and two kinds of liquid medication for a week did it.She was able to go with us to visit my cousin in Santa Ana earlier this week.We all had a good time there with Rich & Bev.Their house was truly beautiful.Lots of room and beautiful decor flowing out to a terrific yard marvelously landscaped with designer pool and hottub.Daisy was remarkably comfortable with our stay.Normally she would pester us to go "home".I thought she was going to stay there.She loved Bev and the enormous kitchen that presented lots of possibilities of falling food.Lindy and I enjoyed ourselves immensely.Bev prepared a couple of great dinners and lunch on our arrival.Later the first day we drove into town at Laguna beach.After a visit to a superb bakery for some good coffee and pastry, we made our way to a unique aviation art store.Lindy And I hadn't been there in almost 20 years.Great paintings & pictures of mostly military aircraft.Good stuff.Next day Rich and I went to the aircraft museum at Chino airport.Also visited 20+ years ago.Totally new and lots of "new" airplanes.Always fun looking at the past in aviation.
We left the next afternoon after a fine lunch at nieuport 17.A great aviation theme restaurant we first visited in late 80's.Expensive aviation art decors the walls of the building designed after a bavarian hunting lodge.The owner is a naval aviator who flew flying boats in the 50's.After a delicious meal we said goodbye to our gracious hosts of our visit and departed for home.We made a quick stop at March AFB along the route home to see what goodies their BX might have.We bought a few things we couldn't live without.You know, wine, M&M's, more wine etc.The day after we arrived "home" we got up and prepared to start our walking routine as usual.Well, this was a very clear indication that Daisy was feeling good again.She gave every indication that she wanted to join us and in fact walked the three mile hike with us from that day on!Today we went into Palm Springs.We enjoyed it but clearly the town has gotten touristy.For grins we stopped in at Bentley/Rolls/Astin Martin car dealership.We found a few we liked but reasoned they would not be practical in NH!Right.They were beautiful.More lottery tickets please.Anyhow, as the song says "It Never Rains In Southern California".We've been here one month and it hasn't rained a drop!It was cloudy just one or two days at that.It rained about 50 miles north but it seems the mountains contain the weather and prevent movement to the valley and south.We start our last month here tomorrow before heading to Vegas in March.
'til the next time.......................adios