Route 66 Museum, Victorville, CA

On Saturday, we drove up to the Route 66 Museum in Victorville. This city is on the other side of Cajon Pass, which my parents still talk about crossing back in 1969. The museum was a blast from the past and every one that worked there was friendly and informative.


Route 66 Museum entrance


A teardrop trailer...there is NO way!!!


The fold-out kitchen on the
back of the teardrop trailer.


Remember Martin Milner from
the old Route 66 TV Show?


A 1917 Model T truck...sure
wish gas was still 18 cents/gallon!


This was for Bob...his grandpa
owned a Gulf station in Oxbow
Lake, MI.


A Chrysler that was on loan
to the museum.


On Route 66 in Victorville.

My California Cousins

Here's some pictures of my California cousins that my family will enjoy seeing.

My cousin Gwen and her husband, Jim,

at Guy's Italian Restaurant.

My cousin Paul and his wife,

Cheryl, at their beautiful home.

Cheryl & Gwen (notice Bob in

the mirror on the china cabinet)

Gwen & Jim

My cousin Mike with his wife,

Michele, and daughter, Katie

at Vince's Spaghetti House.

Paul & Cheryl's son, Andrew, and his girlfriend, Danya.

Paul II

Paul & Cheryl's grandson, Kyle, with his birthday cake.

Jamie, Mike & Michael. Poor Michael had just had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled.

Gwen & Jim's daughter, Jamie,

with her husband, Mike, and

Michael & McKenzie.

From right: Cousin Gwen,

her husband Jim, Cousin Mari,

McKenzie, Jamie, Michael & Mike.

From right, Bob, me, Gwen,

Jim, McKenzie (in front), Jamie,

Michael & Mike.

Gwen's granddaughter, McKenzie,

with her mega snowcone at Newport

Landing.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Yesterday we went to the taping of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno with Paul & Cheryl, my cousin and his wife. We stood in line for a looooooooong time and then we sat in another line for a long time. You would think that in 2011 they would not have such an archaic way of doing this. It was much easier when we went to see Real Time with Bill Maher a couple of years ago. Jay drove his Ford Cobra GT to work yesterday, but we weren't allowed to take any pictures on the lot. We did have fun once we finally got in the show. Bob kept playing up to the guy that gets the crowd going and on one of the commercial breaks he brought him a Tonight Show hat.

After the show we went to Clearman's Northwoods Inn in Covina for a fantastic dinner. Paul & Cheryl bought our dinner as an early anniversary gift. Thanks again Paul & Cheryl!!!


NBC Studios in Burbank


Johnny Carson Park across
from NBC Studios


Walt Disney Studios in Burbank

ABC in Burbank

Northwoods Inn in Covina

Whales & Dolphins & Seals...Oh, MY!!!

On Sunday we went on a whale and dolphin watching cruise at Newport Beach with my cousin Gwen and her family and my cousin Mari. We had a great time and the weather was absolutely perfect. We saw some sea lions, two whales, literally hundreds of dolphins and seals. The captain said there was over 5,000 dolphins in the pod. Everywhere we looked we could see dolphins. It was amazing! Afterwards, we met my cousins Paul & Mike and part of their families at Vince's Spaghetti House for dinner. There were 25 of us there. I'm sure our Grandpa DiGiacomo was smiling down on us! It was great to see everyone and we look forward to spending more time with them while we are in California.



A pelican in flight.


Pelicans on the breakwall.


Two whales "snorkeling". They
never really jumped out of the water,
they would just skim the surface for
air and then dive back down under
the water.



Dolphins!!!

Dolphins!!!

Dolphins!!!

Seals on the channel marker.

They were so cute!

Paul's '52 Chevy Pickup

This is my cousin Paul's baby. He was just finishing it when we were here 2 years ago. Since he completed it, he has won several "Best Paint Job", Best Interior", "Best in Show", etc. It is one sweeeeeet ride!



Paul & his baby

Bob checking it out.

Oak Glen, CA Area

Last evening we were going to my cousin Paul's house and Bob wanted to go up to the Oak Glen area on the way there to check out a campground. As luck would have it, we found a beautiful sunset on our way back down the hill.



This is Big Bear totally covered in snow.

California Here We Come...

Tomorrow morning we are leaving for the San Bernardino, CA area to spend a few weeks with my California cousins. We are soooooo looking forward to it!

Tonight we went across the Colorado River into Blythe, CA for dinner and shopping. On the way back into AZ there was a beautiful sunset in our rearview mirror. So, there I was holding my camera out the window of the truck and trying to snap pictures behind us.

This was the sky to the east.

Another one of the sky to the east.

Behind us.

Another one of the CA sunset.

California sunset.


This was taken in our campground.

This one was taken from our campsite.