Hi All,

We have had a long, but good day. We gathered at church this morning at 5:45. After a short devotional led by Charles Harris, we were driven to Newark Liberty Airport, thanks to several gracious bell parents.

At Newark, after going through security and check-in, we went to a Group room to wait for our flight to Los Angeles. To our surprise, we were met by Joe Cole who came up to Newark to see us off. Thanks, Joe!

About 8:20, we went our gate and boarded the plane. The plane was ready to depart at 8:45 AM, but because of excessive air traffic congestion, we did not actually take off until 10:00 AM. It was a smooth flight. We were served breakfast and a snack later in the flight. We reached LAX airport and landed about 12:45 PM PST (or 3:45 NJ time). After locating all of our luggage and bell cases, we met our bus driver, Jose, who drove us to our Day's Inn motel on Mariposa Boulevard in Los Angeles.

After getting settled in our rooms and relaxing a bit, we boarded the bus and went to the Farmer's Market in Fairfax. The Farmer's Market is an amazing place with dozens of specialty food places and common stores in a very nice setting. After dinner and a little shopping, we boarded the bus for a drive down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Then Jose drove us down Hollywood Boulevard and back to our motel.

It is now 9:00 PM here and time to "turn in" for a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, we will spend the morning in Universal Studios and then head down to San Clemente for a concert tomorrow evening.

We are all doing well - just a little tired,

George & Dawn

Day's Inn