More Photos From Duluth

Here's a random selection of more vacay photos that include scenes from: Hawk Ridge, the balcony view of the Inn on Lake Superior, Goosebury Falls, Split Rock Lighthouse, Iona's Pink Stone Beach, Two Harbors, the woods near the Northern Rail hotel, and a whole lot of Schmoopiness :) Thanks for reading!

Leaving Las Duluth

Welp, it's our last day here in this lovely haven of tranquility. Sigh. We enjoyed some complimentary s'mores last night out by the fancy fire pit, lakeside. It was a cool night, the s'mores, crashing waves and relaxed visitors felt reminiscent of times long ago when life was sweet, simple, youthfully fleeting. We took a stroll along the rocks until we were too chilly to continue, then slept like babes in the fluffy, warm bed.

After an ample and tasty breakfast, we took a long walk almost the entire length of the pier. I collected a few large stones to bring home as reminders of this time, also some driftwood that was interesting and flat. There was a light rain, and being a workday here the walk was only sparsely populated with friendly retirees. Reluctantly, we came in for some coffee, newspaper reading and hot showers.

I primped myself up with some gorgeous bracelets that I found yesterday for $1 each: two are round stones of Black Onyx and Aventurine, and three are gemstones chips of Amethyst, Amber and what I think is either more Aventurine or Aquamarine. I've decided I want to wear more funky jewelry, and I love gemstones. We're spending some final moments on the balcony listening to the waves before heading out to Hawk Ridge Observatory to see (finally) some birds of prey. We toyed with the idea of visiting the aquarium, but it's too lovely out here to be inside.

Then it's off home to the little furry nutters!
Love & hugs,
R&J

Duluth

Reporting from Duluth tonight! We're currently nestled into a room at The Inn on Lake Superior with a view directly out to the enormous Superior. It's serene, comfy and warm inside which is great because while it was short-sleeve weather here yesterday, it is two-layer and long-john's weather here today! It's a posh room in one of the "greenest hotels in the country" apparently. They have these awesome large rock soap holder thingys that's inspired me to find some for our bathrooms (that I'll try to remember to post a photo of), and "Bare Earth" toiletries with Eucalyptus & Lemon Myrtle. Yes, I get excited about the free stuff :)

Our stay at the Northern Rail hotel was quaint and restful, but we had loads to see so we checked out a couple hours early to get a jump on the mornings activities. We headed up first to Gooseberry Falls State Park where we had the nicest hike! It was nice and cool this morning, so we didn't get too overheated walking. As expected, we've got tons of photos. There were these cute little red squirrels (which only look cute, I've heard they're actually quite mean and nasty) that I kept trying to get photos of, but the little buggers are fast! Dodgy and mating, it seemed, as they'd make these loud clicking, chattery noises while chasing other red squirrels round and round the tree stumps. I only caught a couple of photos of birds, and surprisingly, we've hardly seen any hawks the past two days. And I'm still on my quest to spy an owl, but alas, none to be seen yet.

Off to Iona's Pink Pebble Beach just up the road, which we have few photos of because it was a disappointment. In my naivete, I envisioned a glittering, sparkling beach covered in shiny, bright pink pebbles, the kind you'd like to make a necklace of. What's there is rusty-pink-ISH, dull, flat stones that are less appealing than regular ones and there were funny little bugs crawling all over them. We didn't stay there long, and my imagination again proved more wonderous than real life. Sigh.

Split Rock Lighthouse! This was awesome to finally see, even though it was completely covered in scaffolding. Originally when we were planning our wedding, I had wanted to elope at Split Rock. I'd never been there, but I love lighthouses and water, and thought it would have been so romantic to exchange vows overlooking Mother Nature's glory. We finally decided that a wedding would quite possibly be the only adult rite-of-passage for us non-breeders (besides the final rite of passage-death-which really isn't enjoyable) and figured on a celebration near home to appease the family :) Anyway, the lighthouse was amazing, but not near so much as the view. It's a massive rock overlooking the lake, which looks like liquid tourmaline and gigantic rocks all around. They had a great hiking trail and also steps going down to the shoreline where we hung out for a long while. Again, I found myself not wanting to tear myself away from my element, the sea, but it is derned cold out there. I put a finger into the water and holy caca, FREEZING! I marvel that Gretchen and I once actually swam in Lake Superior. Brrr!

By this time, the day was getting on. I'd been up since 5, John not too long after that, and it was already past lunchtime. We'd already hiked a good several miles between the two parks. Our original notion was to visit Tettegouche State Park, then try to make it up to Grand Marais for at least a swing-through. Well, it's quite a ways from Split Rock, and since we've got to get John home for work by Wednesday, and also try to relax and enjoy some down time, we opted to skip the high North and just head back to Duluth for the night. Grand Marais will have to wait for another trip, sadly. But I think enjoying your surroundings, whereever they happen to be, relaxing, having fun and not being on too-tight a schedule is crucial to a good vacation. Duluth is serene, quiet, pretty and there's actually stuff to go do which is nice for us city-slickers who bore easily.

So we're here in our room overlooking the lake, enjoying our last night of this two-day excursion, and goofing around together. We're about to head to the Green Mill for some supper (this cool-sounding place, Thirsty Pagan Brewing, is just too far for such a limited menu and we don't feel like driving any more). Maybe we'll be in the mood for a drunken podcast :)
Hope all is nice & warm at home!
Love & hugs,
R&J

Scenic

Northern Rail Hotel, Two Harbors & Duluth

Wildlife scenes!

Two Harbors

We got a late start to the day yesterday, leaving home around 11:30 or so, and got up to Duluth in time to enjoy a quick lunch at Angie's Cantina, then off to bask in a lovely, warm day out on the pier with throngs of seagulls who tail every boat in sight. I know many people think they're a nuisance, but I absolutely adore seagulls, so I was in bird heaven. They're so funny to watch, and there were so many it was like an orchestra of seagull cries. They've got such a funny little shape to them, their beaks, tiny round heads and birdy legs :) Although, I was glad none flocked at us for food like they were doing to other people who were giving out bread or pooped on us.

There was an enormous cargo ship coming through at the time, so we got to see the lift-bridge open up for it. All the crew was waving at everyone on the pier. We walked up to the lighthouse and took tons of photos of the gulls, each other and marveled at the grand scale of Lake Superior. It really is an impressive, gorgeous lake. Although I could have stood there for hours, the day was getting on and we headed off to book a room at the Northern Rail, which is a hotel made from converted rail cars! We're in the Lighthouse Porter Suite, which faces the woods and is quaint as all hell. It's what you'd expect for "Up North" decor, and the general manager of the place is as friendly as can be.

We settled into our room, took a nice snuggly nap, then off to explore Two Harbors. We had a lovely walk where we saw 5 deer grazing along the lake that didn't seem disturbed by people in the least. There was a little lighthouse way out in the lake that had a cool gangway that everyone was walking along and even some guys out fishing on it, so we watched the sun setting as we strolled along. It was quite chilly, and the fresh, damp was refreshing. We opted for a simple dinner of sandwiches, fruit and Chex Mix from a local grocery instead of a heavy dinner. We're pretty tired of eating out already, so this morning's simple continental breakfast of oatmeal, bagels and muffins was appreciated.

There is reportedly a friendly wolf that scouts the area, but we didn't see him last night. Poo! I was so hoping to see a wolf up close! However, there are three little deer that were hanging around last night, and then again this morning they were out grazing on the lawn. I got tons of photos that I'll post as soon as John uploads them. He is currently snoozing with his glasses on, and though I'm tempted to join him, I get cranky if I nap too long, so I think I'll just meditate or read my Julia Golding book.

Anyway, it was brilliant to have a night's sleep without a heavy kitty weighing down my chest all night, and we're having a peaceful vacay. We've only got one more day, so we plan on driving up to Grand Marais to see the waterfalls, also hitting Goosebury Falls, Iona's Pink Stone Beach, and another place that I can't recall how to spell. Ok, more later!
Love & hugs to all :)
R&J

PS: We plan on doing a podcast later tonight!! I know you're all waiting with bated breath for that, nyuk-nyuk ;)

May 1&2

We're still hanging chill at home, so I thought I'd do a quick update of the past couple of days. We had a leisurely morning on Friday of simple breakkies, John went out for a run and then we took the car in for an oil change. After having a small lunch at Applebee's (using John's winning certificate courtesy of the Twins), we connected with our best pal Chris to go see Wolverine (not horrible, but not great, either) at the Rosedale cinema. Deciding it was best to not drive him home in rush hour traffic, we opted to hang at Leaning Tower of Pizza for some 'Za and sodas. Off to home where we were so pooped out and still stiff from the walk at the Arboretum, we crashed out watching the game on the couch and subsequently missed the public sky viewing at the astronomy lab that I'm sure was quite cool, the theme being "Galaxies & Dark Matter". We'll have to catch the next one.

May 2, our anniversary, started a little rocky for me. Vesta, our naughtly little monkey-cat, has this habit of walking on me all night long. So she's been really active the past 5 nights or so, and my crankiness at the lack of sleep just cannot be hidden at this point. So even though I meant to get up early and get a jump on the day (as I've been meaning to for the past 5 or so days) I was so freakin' tired I had to just sleep in. Although, I do remember Hubby coming in and singing the "Happy Anniversary" song to me that made my morning :)

When I finally did surface, Hubby was already planning another run (the man is a jogging machine lately! You go, my Love!) so I decided to do the Wii workout. John made us yummy smoothies and sammies, and we lazed around until 2 o'clock when we headed out to see our friend dance in the Festival of Nations! It was really cool, and I hadn't been to the FoN since my dad used to perform in it (many moons ago) and John had never been there. It's like the State Fair, but way better food and wares. We watched the Japanese, Egyptian, Hungarian, Scottish and Dutch dances at the main stage. Our friend danced in the Egyptian set and their troupe was excellent! She'd told us, "Sparkly ladies with canes!" and she was right; they were very sparkly! Of course, the Egyptians do it with such flash that it's hard to beat their routine :) Although, the Hungarian (and anything Balkan) routines have a special place in my heart since that was my dad's speciality.

I sampled Chicken Curry with Rice and Roti at the Pakistani booth while John went back to the Motherland (Norway) and sample the Viking in a Blanket (saugage in lefse). Later, we sampled the Samosa's from Somalia, very delectable! I love African spices, so earthy but not hot. We caught up with our sparkly cane lady in the food area and wandered around looking at the wares and wishing we all made more money with which to purchase cool stuff. We caught some musicians from India, Hungaria, Spain and Ireland who were all impressive. Then off to catch the Egyptians in their second (and different) dance set of the day. Again, awesome! After that the Chilean and Korean musicians played some incredible music that provoked almost every child seated to get up and start a furious little swirling dance reminiscent of a May Pole dance :) It was just cute.

Deciding that our anniversary celebration wasn't quite complete, we later went to The Loop for dinner to support our local neighborhood establishments. We enjoyed a very romantic dinner of walleye and chicken sammies (with, ahem, salad instead of fries) in a cushy booth, a cosmo martini & beer in hands, and marveled at our 11 years of marital bliss :) YAY!

Anyway, next post should be from Grand Marais! Whoo-hoo!

Landscape Arboretum

Local Vacation

Wow, has it really been since August 2008 since we've gone anywhere?! Well, we're not going far this time, but it's a vacation, darn it, and I'm going to blog about it. We kicked things off with a Twins game last night and what a lucky night it turned out to be! First, I got 'recognized' at work and received a lovely $10 gift card from Target which put me in a very good mood. Then we got to the Twins game and it turns out our staff ID's got us discounted tickets (only $4 a piece!), once inside we got our dollar dogs and took our normal nosebleed seats with a bunch of frat-boy hosers since it was student night, and the game was going great. In the third inning, John actually won the Twingo (I was convinced no one ever wins, they just hype it and make you think they've got some great prize but really we're all just suckers), and while he was off to claim his $10 Applebee's gift certificate, a well-dressed gentleman came up and sat next to me. Of course, I was immediately suspicious when he asked if I was alone, but then noticed he was wearing a Twins ID badge, and after his elusive questioning, it turns out he gave us two owner's box seat tickets to sit in the SECOND ROW behind 3rd Base!! As much as I loathe to sit in such tight quarters with a bunch of germy, obnoxious strangers, there really is nothing like being right down there, and it was most awesome! I forgot all those around me and just enjoyed the game, seeing the players up close, and hearing the Ump's calls. And honestly? The people really weren't that bad down there. In fact, they were better down there than they were up in the cheap seats since we'd already witnessed one major fight and subsequent police escorted removal of a fan.

After the Twins kicked the Rays' butts, we strolled happily to fetch the car when lo and behold, we get flashed by some enthusiastic birthday girl in a limo! I couldn't help but yell out, "Put 'em on the glass!" and then she flashed her bosoms again. I got a way with the ladies, what can I say? Once home, we hung out on the balcony marveling at our unbelievable luck until we were too tired to stay up anymore :)

This morning, we headed off for the Arboretum and had the most perfect day. The weather was beautifully overcast, not too warm or cold, and the sky filled with the clouds I favor the most: blue-gray with streaky white, undulating oceanic-esque sky-fluff with breaks of warm sun every now and again. We packed a picnic so we could just wander the trails all day in romantic silence. The paths were so lovely, crispy with leaves, wet with mud, deer tracks (and droppings) all over the place, and hawks, crows and cranes populated overhead. We even saw a little fuzzy caterpillar that we moved out of the path lest a gaggle of field-tripping kids squash it. Other than their obnoxious behavior at the pond with a little family of geese with chicks, we were able to move along faster than their group and weren't bothered by the noise. I shot 115 photos during our walk, and plan on submitting some of them to the photo contest the Arboretum is having!! Yippee!

Our day trip was absolutely wonderful, and we came home for a snuggly nap with the kitties. John went off to tuba practice and I fooled around with my crafts watching Dead Like Me all night. Now he's home, and though we talked about going out for a drink, we decided to just hang out here on the balcony and enjoy our little place in the sky :)

Coolest Star in the Pavement

Tar Pit, Angels Stadium, Hollywood Bowl, El Capitan Organist, Night View of Hollywood Blvd

Another Journey's Ended

Writing from the comforts of home, with a purring Vesta kitty on my lap, Boo happily chirping her weird-kitty welcome mews to us at random intervals as she wanders the house; it feels good to settle in. The last couple of days have been a whirlwind, and with little internet access, I just decided to wait til we were back to record the rest.

We spent the last bit of our time in the Prius, a damn fine companion in bumper to bumper city traffic on a workday in Los Angeles! We drove out for a little sun-fun at an elusive public beach (seems most beach-side land has been ensnared into private ownership) in Malibu, though neglecting to bring actual beach wear (d'oh!), we were a bit too overdressed for the occasion, so after a brief picnic we continued driving along the coastal highway for some relaxed mansion viewing. I'd become sick with a fever that morning along with my sinus pressure/headaches, coughing and had felt like shit with little sleep for the past couple of days, so the drive time was a welcome relief for me being all achey. That evening (Monday), we walked around the Hollywood strip to do some people watching, which ended abruptly when a mentally unstable homeless man, who we'd seen up and down the street collecting cans and talking wildly to himself-generally scaring all who came near, went totally apeshit on some random dude on the street, screaming and lunging at him with fists pelting the poor guy in the face without warning or provocation. It was a smelly, violent, whirling dervish, his cans forgotten for the moment, the entire block seemed to clear like a beach where someone has just spotted JAWS, we decided to follow suit and get the fuck out of there pronto to find somewhere mellow to eat and be thankful for our sanity. Yikes. The cool Thai place, the Pink Pepper, was very yummy, and other than a small drama including me and their plugged toilet, a relaxing time was had before retiring for the evening.

The next day was more time in the Prius with our first stop of the morning was the Hollywood Bowl where we enjoyed watching the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra during their free rehearsal! It was a grand sound, the mountains all around with birds seeming to flit and fly about in tune. Very much our style in this casual setting, the musicians wearing their casual clothes and the conductor stopping them occasionally to dance around, barking instructions for more emphasis here or there.

Then off to the Hollywood sign, which we drove up to, but then learning there's a two mile hike AFTER parking in the lot and me still feeling crappy, we took a picture of the winding road and said, 'Good 'nuff' and left off to find the La Brea Tar Pits. A couple hours in traffic finally brought us there where the stink of the pit was pretty profound in the afternoon heat, but very cool to see what all the fuss is about. Another wonder of the world that is most intriguing. We decided to skip a trip to the City of Industry and just head off to Anaheim to make sure we made it to the game on time. Angels Stadium was really cool, we got free sun hats at the gate (unfortunately, too late for me to utilize it on our sunny trip since I'd forgotten to pack mine) and I finally got to see the REAL Rally Monkey in action!! Well, on the screen anyway. I thought they'd actually bring him out onto the field for some serious rallying, but no, they just show a video of the monkey dressed in a tiny Angels jersey jumping up and down. Monkey!

And let me just go on record as saying that LAX sucks donkey balls. They had toilet problems there, too, and it stunk the whole place up since the whole airport seems to only be a tiny circle with a 12 foot radius. It's freakin' TINY! I guess I'd had always imagined an airport as famed as LAX to be of epic proportions. This is not the case. So we sat around the stinky, crowded filth of the airport until our flight time of 1:20 AM (so that's 3:20 AM central time) finally, FINALLY came and boarded. We were pleased to see that Minneapolis' own Fancy Ray was a few seats ahead of us. Complete with curlers in his hair and a kimono that he had dangling wide open showing off his bare chest, such chutzpah, I love it! I was tempted to get an autograph, but my utter lack of desire for such things took over and I passed out before we were even in the air. We both napped on and off throughout the flight, and every time I'd wake up, the view outside seemed to be completely different and amazing; winding city streets aglow in an organized labrynth, utter blackness, and misty clouds lit only by the red lights of the wings. At one point there was a lightning show off in the distant clouds that I wish I would've had the energy to snap a photo of, and the sunrise over Minnesota this morning was quite lovely to watch from that altitude.

A nice trip, but even nicer to get home to our wonderous Sleep Number bed after being up for a full 24 hours. The kitties were happy as clams to see us, and we even had a little baby bird fledgling come visit our balcony for several hours this afternoon, taking a rest as her mom would come now and again to try to get her off and flying, which she finally did! How sweet!

Anyway, glad to be back home safe and sound! Love to you all!
Thanks for reading ;)~
R&J

Observatory

Our Day at Griffith Obsevatory (and other Hollywood sights!)

Another lovely day here in Los Angeles! We’re sitting out on our balcony enjoying a bright sunrise with a chorus of birds yipping their morning routine. There’s been the cutest little hummingbird that flits around the balcony who’s been evading our camera the second we bring it out to try to get a shot of him. It’s so small when it’s flying around it almost looks like a bug of some sort. Cuteness! Other than the constant flutter of helicopters giving tourist rides, it’s quiet and pleasant to chill out with the sun cracking through the hazy horizon.

Yesterday was busy and very hot! We had brekkies down in the lobby, posted our last blog entry, then headed off for the Griffith Observatory. I was utterly unaware that Hollywood has a subway system, though it’s very limited, even less than our LRT it seemed. So we took that to connect with the most adorable little trolley that took us up the steep climb to the observatory. We got there just as the show was about to begin, which was fortunate because the place turned quickly into a tourist nightmare of epic proportions. (Though we would soon discover, not nearly so scary as Hollywood Boulevard in the afternoon!) The show was amazing! I thought it would be certain that I would fall asleep because I haven’t been sleeping well at all due to sinus stuff and a sore throat, but the minute the show began, I was jolted awake with interest. It was very enchanting, even if the narrating was a little over-the-top. We then had lunch at the Wolfgang Puck café where John had some kind of fancy sandwich and pasta salad and I had the Butternut Squash soup, both were Wolfie-delicious!! The view from up there can’t be beat, so we spent a good two hours alternating taking photos outside, and seeing the other exhibits inside. I starting disintegrating rapidly with aches and the lack of sleep, and it soon became almost un-navigatable (is that a word?) with hoards of people, so we took the route back to the hotel where we rested before our next thing.

Hey, the little hummingbird just hovered right by me in the tree, but of course when I got the camera he sped off! Sometimes beauty is for us to witness, not to capture, I guess.

Anyway, we decided to head to the El Capitan Theatre to see WALL-E. It turns out that the $16 ticket that originally made us choke was not only for the movie, but also for an organist while you wait, and then a big theatrical show with a bunch of Disney characters, starting with Jiminey Cricket and ending with Mickey Mouse and a bunch of star-shaped confetti dumped on our heads. We were more confused than anything, I guess we hadn’t read the marquee, but it was funny and the kids in the audience thoroughly enjoyed it. The movie was great, I know there’s been controversy about it, but we enjoyed it quite a bit. If you can get over yourself enough to enjoy it, it’s great animation and a story that seems to be a frequent theme of my dreams for the future of this planet. The theatre was very cool, and after the show we wandered around to look at all the photos of premiere’s they’ve hosted, as it turns out, they show exclusively Disney movies. It reminded me of the Heights back home.

Our walk home along Hollywood Boulevard was entertained with people watching. You’d never know it was a Sunday night jammed with people at 11:00 PM, a lot like New York, except much dirtier. The sidewalks are disgracefully filthy here, I mean, beyond disgusting. You really have to watch where your feet are landing because there is literally dogshit EVERYWHERE. The grubby roads led us back home to our lovely Magic Hotel where we had a couple of burritos that we’d picked up at a funky little grocery on the way, then off to bed!

Dang, my posts seem to be getting longer and longer!
Love to all ;)~
R&J

Lots o' stuff!

Le Fleurs

Sunset

Dodger Stadium

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Hollyweird

Greetings from the Hollywood Hills Hotel! This hotel is the BOMB! It’s super-unique and rather posh inside despite the rugged looking exterior. These are converted apartments, so they’ve got a full kitchen, huge balcony with the giant bed looking right out into the trees, beautiful furniture and a kick-ass bathroom with some sweet citrusy smelling toiletries. It was quite the interesting drive up here, and you who’ve been reading for any length on this blog know my loathing for driving/riding up steep hills. This one wasn’t actually too bad, but since we rented a Prius, it just feels weird because when you idle the engine, the Prius actually shuts off which is a bit of an adjustment. It’s also part of this whole elite crowd with the adjacent Magic Castle Club, and the folks that still own some of these apartments don’t like the idea of hotel guests. Either way, it freakin’ rocks and we’re glad we booked this instead of a Comfort Inn. Just a little more memorable ;) YAY!

Well, we decided against the Aquarium of the Pacific. Sounds crazy, I know, but man, it’s like $21 per person, there were throngs of people, mostly kids, already lined up waiting to get in, and we just didn’t feel like 2 hours was enough to do the tour justice and also not really a good value for $42. We opted, instead, for a leisurely walk around the pier and lighthouse to take some close-up photos of all the birds and flowers. It was quiet at that hour, and we got TONS of photos, as you will see. I took loads of pics of that cat colony, sweet babies; there were lovely flowers everywhere that we don’t see growing in Minneapolis; birds galore and even that seal was perched up taking a rest, so I went a little apeshit with the digital!

The walk was more our bag, and totally relaxed us for our long journey back to LAX to fetch our Prius. The Super Shuttle was awesome, and there were some folks from the conference that John attended that were heading home, including one guy that had some cool tips for us about San Diego, if we decide to head down for a daytrip to the zoo. The Prius is so AWESOME!!! It’s weird, though, and you’d think being an electric car they would perhaps include the manual in the glovebox in case you run into problems or questions, but no, there’s only your guess and that’s not much of a comfort. We then made our way along Sunset Boulevard, which is a lot like Lake Street, to our current locale where I took a nap and John went out to explore this odd property before we packed up and left for the game.

$2 per ticket, $15 for parking, and $30 for food. That just aint right. But, Dodgers Stadium is pretty cool. It reminded me of a mix between Jacob’s Field and Royals Stadium, but with mountains and palms as your only view, stretching out as far as the smog will let you see. We photographed an amazing sunset from way up in the tippy-top seats, and the stadium photographer even took a photo of us that can be found on the web, apparently. It was cool to see Manny Ramirez play, he was just traded to the Dodgers, and what an amazing welcome for him! People go CRAZY when he comes up. We also saw Kenny Laundreaux and Fernando Valenzuela as part of some ceremony they were having! Laundreaux was a Twin for a long time and as John says, “We traded him to the Dodgers so they could go win the World Series”, and Fernando is the guy that Susan Sarandon says, “breathes through his eyelids” in Bull Durham. Just a little useless trivia for ya.

Our journey back from the game was quite the adventure. We got totally lost leaving the stadium since they were shuffling all the traffic out to the freeway, but we didn’t want the freeway so we were on the wrong side of everything. We saw a seriously nasty car crash, too, so that was icky. Once we finally got to where we needed to be, we set out looking for the In N’ Out Burger we’d seen on the way to the game so we could grab some burgers. Saturday night on Sunset is quite the experience, and it took us forever to get to Sunset & La Brea where there was a mob of people you’d never believe…that’s right, waiting for fast food. The drive-thru line was so long they had a lady out there taking people’s orders, and inside was like feeding time at a zoo for humans. A Saturday night, people all dressed in spike heels and LOW cut shirts, to get some In N’ Out…burgers, that is. It’s a popular place, and ded good, though I’m not sure it’s worth all that hassle.

We’ve no internet access up here, so we’ll be posting this when we head down to main lobby for breakfast. We also plan on doing a podcast later tonight, if you’re so inclined to listen to more blathering. Ok, our peeps, hope you’re having a good weekend in the Minne, and we’ll report more later ;)~~
Love and hugs to all!
R&J

PS: I miss our babies. Meow Meow.

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