Last weekend, Alex, Bella and I went to Lattin Farms…yes, the same place where we took Bella on her birthday to see her black and white cows. They had a wonderful little Pumpkin Patch going on. And as you can tell, we had a blast. The two of them rode on the Cow Train (see […]

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On our last day in Disneyland, we woke up to a spectacular sunrise. I knew it was a combination of a Low Weather Front and LA Smog…but dang, it was beautiful. That day, we decided it was time to ride our favorite rides one more time…Splash Mountain’s definitely one of them. This time Bella went […]

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For those of you who have known me for a while, i.e. decades…well, my love of All Things Star Wars will not come as a surprise. Last time we were in Disneyland, they had this show called the Jedi Training Academy where children were picked out of audience for a chance to battle with none […]

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The next day was much better than the first. For one, Ken discovered that the Best Part of the Trip for him was the fact that we got into the closest parking lot, the coveted Timon Lot, and he parked in the second lane, eighth spot. We were so close to the park that it […]

posted in: Balance, Milestones, Places We Go

Well, no one said it would be easy. Let’s review what happened before we left…ah, a freak, early snowstorm…one that, no one I run into, remembers occurring this early. As a result of that snow, we left not at 2 am as we originally planned but more like 7:30 am because I was determined to […]

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And so we’re off…during a freakish early October Snowstorm that produced two inches of snow on the valley floor here in Reno. And yes, we had to go out there and taste it. It’s the first snowfall after all. (Aside – Notice how good Kata’s still being about wearing her patch for her lazy eye!) […]

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So ::two:: days left before the big road trip to Disneyland and what’s in the forecast – that’s right – SNOW!! Just as we’re leaving. On Friday and Saturday. And I am left to ask – why??? The weather’s been in the 80s and 90s and now we’re forecast to dip into the 30s? Why […]

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