Altadena

Our breakfast this morning here at the hotel is really something. Cooked to order eggs, omlets, waffles, pancakes, plenty of bacon and sausage, yogurt, lots of fruit along with all different pastries, breads, muffins and bagels. Mark and mom went for a walk around the area, then Mark decided to walk to Office Depot and bought a new digital camera. when he made it back, Spark, Mom, Mark and I packed bagels, yogurt and bananas for our lunches and headed up the mountain for the world renown Griffeth Observatory where we met Jonathan Meister and Timothy Munther. That was quite a hike up, the observatory parking lot was full and we ended up way down the mountain and had to hoof it over a half mile up way up. Mom bought us tickets to the planetarium where we almost fell asleep in the very comfortable chairs. We would have fallen asleep except the show was interesting, what a great way to see the stars and planets. The grounds are gorgeous with fantastic views. . We needed to be back at the hotel for a 3:00pm practice and the traffic was so bad even leaving early we we were late but only by a few minutes. Practice went well and as soon as Wayne was satisfied we knew our starts and cutoffs released us to head to the church for dinner the ladies had prepared. Mom stayed back to sleep, she is not feeling well, too much traveling theses last few days flying back from Haiti Thursday night then leaving at 4:30am Friday for California. Dinner was great, a chicken breast topped with a slice of pineapple, covered in a sauce. After a delicious piece of pie and a cup of coffee we headed to the retirement center for the evening program. That went well. We have just arrived back at the hotel and all of us are tired. Most of us can't get off central time and woke up at 3:00am (5:00am) our time. We had to wait for4 hours before breakfast opened. Good thing there was coffee in each room. Mom seems to be doing a little better after sleeping most of the evening. Hope she is recovered tomorrow.