We are having a blast! Over the last several days we have done the following: (In no particular order) Went to Griffith Observatory, ate at the world famous Viva Cantina, found the house Kevin Arnold lived in one of my favorite shows of all time, The Wonder Years, went to Disneyland, went to the beach, visited Traveltown, found The Brady Bunch House, ate at Philippe's, (which is not only the birthplace of the French Dip sandwich, but Lisa's family have been going there for over 70 years), and went to a restaurant from my childhood, none other than Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour!
So far me and the girls have been having a good time. Although it must be said that the girls miss Lisa a bunch. But with that being said, they are little troopers. Other than a few sisterly spats, they are holding up well while they train their Pops in the ways of taking care of three girls. And with those two things being said, I also need to point out that if it wasn't for my dear Mother In Law Holly, I would be in a heap of trouble. From braiding hair to watching Elisabeth for me while I keep Lex and Lor busy, she has been a huge help! I honestly don't know how single parents can do this day in and day out. To those of you out there who don't have help from a spouse, I salute you!
OK, enough of me blabbering on. Here are some pictures of our comings and goings.
This picture is annoying to me and I will tell you why. Since I started coming down here in July of 2000, Lisa has always taken me to San Clemente for our beach days. Last year I wanted to check out some other beaches, but in the end realized that Lisa was right. The main reason she was right was because San Clemente had something other beaches didn't...SAND! Well, for some strange reason that isn't the case anymore. No it is covered in river rock. From the looks of it, the rock didn't just wash up on the beach. It was put there by someone. I don't know why, but it is there now. It kind of ruined our beach day.
Here is a better view of the rocks on the beach. I know somewhere we have a picture from several years ago that shows that this used to be sand. I want my sand back!!
And to finish off the day at the beach, some expensive single scoop beach ice cream cones.
I have one more little item of fun for you. As I mentioned above, we went to Farrell's for dinner tonight. I have not been to a Farrell's in about 25 years. Now that is bothersome for two reasons. #1 That I am old enough to say something like that, and #2 That Farrells had to just about disappear from the Earth before it made a reappearance back in Southern California. Last year when we were down here I tried to go, but the wait was way to long. Now that the excitement had died down for the people of SoCal, we were able to get in no problem. After dinner me and the girls took on the Pig Trough. If you don't know what that is, then go click on the Farrell's link above and look at the menu. It is HUGE! But it was no match for Lex, Lor, and El Donaldo! We ate it all, and this was our reward:
Well, I better get to bed. Tomorrow is another trip to Disneyland. And even though it has been 3 hours since me and my girls knocked out the Pig Trough, my gut is still at the breaking point. Hopefully a good nights rest helps out. Thanks for reading, and look out for future El Donaldo posts from SoCal.
