Weekend Travels

I made a quick trip to California this past weekend. I visited friends in Palm Springs and then on to Long Beach for a 66 2/3 birthday party. It was a great trip. I've possibly recruited 3 couples for my African Safari trip next year. My friend Bill and I have been planning to go for some time and now my other travel buddies might be interested. Don/Diane and Jon/Barb were with me in Vietnam and Don/Diane and Louis/Carol were with me in the Caribbean.

In Vietnam (2012), from left: Bonnie, Roger, Diane, Don, Barb, Jon, Sheri

Palm Springs was lovely. It's just about to get too hot, but the mornings and evenings are wonderful. They hold a Thursday night festival that was fun. Most of my time was spent with Jerry because Bill was working out of town. Jerry doesn't like plane travel so he won't go with us to Africa. 

Jerry, Bill and Savannah

Thursday night market

Savannah

Relaxing with coffee and a newspaper

Drinks before dinner

     I drove to Long Beach on Saturday for the birthday party. Sunday was the day I set aside to visit with Don, Diane, Louis and Carole. Louis let me drive his 1955 T-Bird that he's restored. It's won several medals in car shows. He doesn't let many people drive it. I was a little nervous, but it was a really cool car to drive. Don gave me the nickel tour of Long Beach. It's much nicer than I expected. I'm not a big fan of Southern California normally.  

Cinco de Mayo Breakfast

Cinco de Mayo Dinner

Louis and his baby

My flight back on Monday was uneventful for the most part. I was almost late for my flight from LA because of the rental car bus and I was almost late for my connection because my LA flight ended up delayed. Thank goodness for CrossFit - I only had moments to spare. I was doing my best OJ Simpson Hertz commercial at O'Hare getting from terminal B to terminal C. 

Sightseeing in Long Beach