This and That

Quinn gave his old bike to his buddy Hayden so we went out for a test drive on Sunday.  And then they climbed a tree.

Quinn\’s new obsession.   I\’m sure you will be seeing much more of this in blog posts to come.

I am obsessed with winter sunsets and you will be seeing more of these too.

Quinn and his cub scout den had a tour of our local police station.  The boys had so many questions about the jail and the inmates.  

SkySlide

You might have seen the post on FaceBook about our ride down the SkySlide.  It\’s a new glass slide 70 stories up that recently opened in downtown LA.

Quinn says that he is afraid of heights so I wasn\’t quite sure how this was going to go.  Look at that face!

They make it pretty easy to access.  Here\’s the top of the slide.

I went first.

Then Quinn.

There may have been a couple of terrified screams from him coming down the slide but he was happy he did it.

Then Don.

A look at the slide from another angle.

Some pics from the observation deck.

The ocean was a beautiful, shiny gold.

 The Hollywood sign in the distance.

Snow on the mountains.

After the slide we walked to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) about a mile away.  And then walked through Little Tokyo on the way back to the car.    We also had an uneasy walk through skidrow at sunset but we made it.

Weekend Fun

We have seen the new Star Wars Rogue One movie but Don wanted to see it again so we decided to go BIG and see it on the IMAX screen at Universal City Walk.

First, lunch at Hard Rock Cafe.

Quinn had so much fun with these water spouts.  It was  like a real life video game.  He and Don got SOAKED going through it before the movie.  After the movie Quinn wanted to do it again and only got a little bit wet.  His technique was much better.

Mr. Quinn in action.

Dancing Through Waterspouts from amy white on Vimeo.

On Sunday Quinn had a birthday party so Don and I got out for a great hike.  It was our first sunny day in a while so we tried out some new trails.

Then it was time to pick up the kid and his friend from the party.  
On the way home from the party the clouds were pretty amazing so I dropped off the guys and went back out around sunset and it didn\’t disappoint.  Sunsets are always much more dramatic in the winter.