California for Thanksgiving

Well, as we had just been in Buffalo, we found good airfares to LA and decided to head south for Thanksgiving week, in the hope that they would have sun there. They had some.

I have no idea what setting the camera was on, but I thought this was actually kind of cool.
The Queen Mary. We decided to check it out. The ghost tour was pretty hokey. The rest was cool, but a lot has changed since the 1930s.

Our only family picture from the trip.

Dan and Kat.

One of the propellers on the Queen Mary.

Part of the Queen Mary.

A giant panda (and baby in a later frame) at the San Diego Zoo.

The baby.

Mom again. They are so cool.

The mountain lion. It was hanging out in the back of the cage. Then the lady in the wheelchair approached and it flew over to the corner that she was coming to. It didn't react at all to strollers, but seems to sense weakness in the wheelchair. I have seen a similar reaction in a mountain lion, maybe it was at the Calgary Zoo. Only a little creepy. But really, really interesting. It was growling at her.

Dan and Kat waiting for the bus at Bubba Gumps.....

Dan swinging Kat with the Santa Monica pier in the background. We really, really, liked that beach.

Hollywood Dan and Kat (she has her shades in her hand, wouldn't actually wear them) on the Santa Monica pier.

Kat experiencing the (cold) waves in sequence....she didn't much care for them.

Dan holding her high after dipping her feet.

Kat in front of John Wayne's hand/footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in DT LA.

It kind of looks like Times Square. Except for the palm trees.

CRAP! These beach pics are in the wrong order. At the bottom is the pre-sand-covered Kat. The top pics are of her during and after she decided to see how sand tastes (apparently not so good).

Note the sand on the bottle. I cringe all over again looking at these pics. It took days to get all of the sand off/out of her.

This is the before pic. Damn she's cute.