Vacation - Day 1

We dropped off Buddy at his boarding house about 9:00 a.m., and we were on our way!

We made a quick stop at "Grandma's Chevron", then headed to Lincoln Park in Los Angeles for lunch. The traffic was very heavy, so we didn't get there until around noon. The kids played on playground equipment, and Sherry made us a nice lunch of sandwiches, carrots, chips and... pudding!

Back on the freeway, traffic was still real tight. We finally hit the Grapevine around 2:30. It was pretty smooth sailing after that, although we did have to stop for a while at a Carl's Jr. while Charlie tried to go potty. We powered through the rest of the drive, and arrived at our KOA Kampground in West Sacramento at 8:58 p.m. Turned out the office closed at 9:00; had we been any later, they would have been closed and:

• We wouldn't have gotten our Kabin for the night.
• We would have been out the $55.00 deposit.
• We would have had to find a motel to stay at or sleep in the van!

But, we weren't late, and we got our Kabin. And since we didn't even know we had to get there by 9:00, we avoided the stress that would have come with trying to meet a deadline.

The kids were Krazy with joy when they saw the log Kabin we would be staying in. It sat beside a small lake and had bunk beds. It was pretty late by the time we settled in, but eventually the kids drifted off to sleep.