Mom and Hayden came to lovely Lemoore for a few days on their Spring Break road trip...Not too exciting. We did get to go to the flight line, and Hayden got to fly in one of the simulators which he loved.
So on the way to flight lines there is this nice little parking lot with benches, set up right in front of where the planes land. There are no sign that say no photos, however apparently this little spot is set up just so that you can "watch" the jets land, not so that you can take photos. Mom, Hayden and I found this out by the Military Police coming up behind our car. We had to delete all the really good pics we had taken. Out of spite, and only after the MP had left the lot, as we were leaving I pulled out slowly and Mom rolled down her window and snapped this one shot. Unfortunately it is not nearly as good as the others, but we got one anyway!
After a few relaxing days in Lemoore, they headed down the coast to Santa Barbara. As I am currently not working I hopped in the car with Mom and Hayden and joined them on the remainder of their CA road trip.
John Ronan (our cousin) had just got this marble roller coaster set...Hayden had fun making really long tracks and sending the marbles down it.
John Ronan also is dressing himself now. It's hard to see in this photo but he is wearing blue plaid pants and a bluish patchwork blazer, and a red shirt. At least he was able to get colors that were in the same family for the pant and jacket, and a coordinating color for the shirt!!
Mom, Hayden and I walked down State St, which down by the water is the main shopping center and downtown area of Santa Barbara. I would say all in all the walk was close to two miles. It was a warmish day, but gorgeous in the shade. Hayden had his longboard so he would get in front of Mom and I, and then we would find him patiently waiting for us to walk to where he is. He would then take off again.
After walking down State Street, and doing a little shopping, we walked along the waterfront or to the marina and to Brophy Brothers for lunch, best clam chowder in the area!! There was a bit of a wait, we were told a half hour, but we were hungry now. Luckily there was a little sushi stand underneath Brophy Brothers...
So we got some sushi as an appetizer. A basic california roll and a dragon roll, with eel. Hayden wasn't too keen on the eel one. He like to peer at it say "Ewww" We had a wonderful lunch of clam chowder and salads. After that we walked to the fish market to pick up some fresh caught shrimp for shrimp pasta that evening. It would be awesome to live in a town with a working harbor/marina where you could always get fresh caught fish (even though I'm not a big fish person).
While we were waiting for the heads to be cut off the shrimp (that's how fresh they were) we saw this huge monstrosity roll through...
And although it is illegal to drive your car while talking on your phone apparently it is not illegal to operate heavy machinery moving a very expensive sail boat...
I have to say he was pretty talented though. Talking on the phone while driving this thing through a parking lot, not even looking where he was going. And not hitting a single car.
And as a parting thought...on our way down State Street we saw this homeless woman...on a laptop!! She was sitting outside Borders books, we came to the conclusion that she was using their wifi!!
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