It appears that I have mastered the very basics of blogging so I will try and send along a little more information.
We left Tacoma the Friday after Thanksgiving and a checking into Playa Del Rey (LA) on the following Monday. The trip down was uneventful and we have yet to get any rain in California however we may get some this weekend...a 30% chance they say.
Today was beautiful and we drove our little Jeep, with all the windows out, over to Venice for breakfast with Mark & Carol at the Sidewalk Cafe, a favorite spot of ours over the years. You never know who or what you'll see while sitting outside along the walkway beside Venice beach. After breakfast we drove back to our "Winter Cottage" as we refer to it and spent the afternoon sitting in the sun, watching the bikers and skaters glide by on the bike path that runs a few feet away while we listened to music and toasted ourselves. Yesterday we had lunch at Gladstones at the foot of Sunset. The restaurant sits right on the sand just before you drive north into Malibu and we try to have lunch there each trip down south. We both had seafood Cobb salads that were loaded with crab, shrimp, avocado, and all other normal Cobb fixings plus a large piece of lox and served with two oysters on the half shell. Susan didn't finish her salad so the waiter wrapped it foil and then wrapped that package in gold foil in the shape of a penguin. If your ever in town do try them for lunch and let me warn you that their deserts are humongous....one could literally feed four people with one desert. We passed on dessert.
Last year we really missed the experience of Xmas what with the warm sunny weather and the lack of decorations so this year we have outdoor lights, a lit wreath on the grill, Santa hats on the rear view mirrors, a 3' lit tree, Xmas stockings hung, green throws on the couch and chair along with Xmas pillows. We may have overdone it a little. But it does feel a lot more festive.
Thanks to Mark, Desiree, and Sammy who hosted a great Thanksgiving day dinner this year and even sent us home with some leftover turkey that became sandwiches we ate on the first day of travel. Last year we were on the road and missed out on the big feast so this was a special treat for us.
Hopefully, I will improve my blogging skills as I try and update this on a daily basis and add pictures to help describes the day.