When I retired I thought I would never again have the fun of breaking up for Christmas, but thankfully I still do. Last exam today I have broken up for Christmas. And I am soooooo happy.
I can scrap now ... it has been killing me not having time to do that.
Last night we went to the Christmas party for my Art Club which was great. They are such a lovely group of people and we had a lovely time.
I have some new digital scrapping to share There is a stuff the stocking event over at Pickleberrypop and there is a chance to get lots of great mini kits. Get this and 23 other mini kits FREE during PBP's Stuff Your Stockings Event. See this thread in the PBP Forum for dates and details! You need to check out this link here
This was made with Fayette's mini kit and is my cousin's adorable little girl.
This was made with Jumpstart's mini
and this was made with Turamisu's mini kit
Today I am thankful for
- work ending
- scrap time
- social events - the season has begun
Day 19 Anaheim
2nd November 2019
Start miles 6260
Start time 9.30
End miles 6347
End time 7.00
The one with Familiar territory
Being in Anaheim was like being home. We had first visited in 1983 and had been back many many times and so it was all very familiar which is lovely at the end of a trip.
We noticed a huge difference at breakfast though. Whilst on the road most of the hotels had been filled with people like us … older retired couples or businessmen. We were now near Disney and so the hotel was full of families who bring their own enjoyment to a holiday along with excitement, noise and chaos! Breakfast was a bit of a zoo, but heck, it was included, they had food and it was OK.
We decided some retail therapy was needed first and so headed to Westminster Mall and to Buena Park where we did some pretty serious damage in reduced things in Penny’s and Sears. We then headed off to Angel Stadium so Nigel could buy team stuff, but it was all a bit disappointing. They had a corporate event on so you couldn’t take photos of the front of the stadium and he felt the prices for shirts and things were stupidly expensive – so he just got socks.
and after a couple of weeks of quiet roads we were back in the land where the car is King - big time!
We then meandered our way through Laguna Hill and then down to PCH 1 through Laguna and to dana Point. We stopped for fuel and noticed the difference big time. We had kept a not of all of our fuel charges, just our of interest. In Kansas, the lowest priced fuel, we had paid $2.29 a gallon. In Laguna it was $4.68 – twice the price.
Finally we headed to Dana Point to meet with a friend and idol. Nigel has been a speedway fan all of his life. The first meeting he ever went to was at Poole in 1966 and Barry Briggs won the first race Nigel ever saw that night. One of the first big events he ever went to was the World Speedway final at Wembly Stadium in 1967 and Barry Briggs was racing. He is a multiple time World Speedway champion and a long time idol of Nigel’s. He did a huge charity ride in 2010 across the UK and after being introduced to him Nigel helped with it, doing the PR, the web site, the publicity, etc and even got to introduce Barry at the new Wembly Stadium and Barry is still the only speedway rider to ever have ridden a bike there – and will probably be the only one ever. He and Barry have become good friends and so it was wonderful to go visit him in his beautiful home in California. What an amazing view he has. He is an incredible man – so knowledgeable about so many things and he has done so many incredible things in his life. He taught Steve McQueen to ride a motor bike for the Great Escape for example. He is a real charmer and such good company and we enjoyed chatting with him and then going out to dinner with him. It was a wonderful afternoon and evening.
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