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La Brea Tar Pits

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Mae wanted to go to LaBrea Tar Pits and our family loves that place.  The Tar pits, the museum, and the park keep us busy for hours.  

One of the favorite things to do at the Museum is to log roll or race down the hill.

The museum is right next to the LA Contemporary Art Museum and we walked right through a noodley art installation.

Of course Don wanted to find a geocache.  

And what was Sonic doing all day?  Enjoying a day at doggy day care annoying the heck out of this black dog 🙂

A Very Happy Thanksgiving

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We had a very Happy Thanksgiving and so much to be thankful for this year.

Here\’s a little treat courtesy of Quinn with a grand finish.  He learned this song at school.  You can watch it larger on you tube right here.

The Earth is good to me
I\’m thankful to the earth for giving me the things I need
The sun and the rain and the big oak tree
The earth is good to me

We\’ve arranged for some really great weather for Mae\’s visit.  It was close to 85 degrees on Thanksgiving Day so it only made sense to eat outside.  We ate early so that we could enjoy the last of the sunny day.  


Sunday in Ventura

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We planned our Sunday in Ventura.  
We started our day at the HUGE flea market where we did alot of looking but no buying.  Then lunch in the little town on Ventura.
I had heard about a hike at the Ventura Botanical Gardens.  We made a quick stop at the Visitors Center for more information and they directed us to this park with a panoramic view over Camarillo, Oxnard, and Ventura….all the way out to the Channel Islands.   These pictures don\’t do it justice.  It was amazing and I\’m shocked that we didn\’t know about this place.  

Quinn wanted to go on an adventure so Don and Quinn went in search of a geocache.  I went in search of the view 🙂

There is a 1 mile meandering hike that goes to the bottom.  Mae drove the car to the bottom and Quinn, Don and I took the trail.  You can see how it switches back and forth and there\’s Mae in the bottom left of the parking lot.