Note that these are mammoths, not dinosaurs, at above left. Apparently many people wander around asking, "Where are all the dinosaurs?" and so there are many signs at the entrance, stating, "You will NOT see any dinosaurs at the La Brea Tarpits." We found it very amusing, and enjoyed it all thoroughly.

At above right, we kept trying to take pictures of the small planes landing and taking off at this little airport near our house, from the back deck of the restaurant Typhoon, but the planes were moving fast and the lighting conditions managed to produce this interesting shot instead. An x-file, perhaps?

Near the ferris wheel

Taken from the beach, down the length of the pier

Looking out at the Pacific

The perpetual pier Bubble Man

Robert trying to catch a bubble

When Robert's sister Tia (Christine) visited from Chicago, we spent one sunset at the pier in Santa Monica. I've been trying to take good sunset pictures since our Grand Canyon mini-photo-class, and I may be getting a little better. I especially like the bubble pictures. Robert took the one of me and Christine near the little amusement park.

We had heard that Disneyland during the holidays was something to see, so when Christina's parents were visiting the four of us decided to go. The decorations, lovely during the day, only got better at night, and at the end of the wonderful fireworks, there was "snow" that all the Californians crowded onto Main Street to see. Of course, the snow was only very dense soap bubbles, but it sure looked good!