Fix it and shopping day & meeting new friends 5-28

This morning we took our dead TV to Best Buy where it goes to the recycler. We looked at new TV's...they are so skinny and light weight that we'll have to make alterations to the "TV" spot in the trailer. Rather than risk it bouncing around and breaking will unplug it and stow it for traveling.

The Canyon RV Park is in Featherly Park on the eastern side of Anaheim and these next two shots are from the main drag along the hiking trail to the south and near where those dead trees are is where we are parked.

As we drove into Yorba Linda we heard about a bad accident on the 91 east of our exit closer to where it meets 71 a tanker truck tried to avoid someone who cut him off and he lost control and the truck burst into flames after it hit the center divide. Well that made a huge mess of everyone's Friday three day exodus out of the city to inland areas. They closed the entire east bound lanes for about 8 hours. Helicopters were going back and forth all day, and sirens and loud speakers and made us really thankful that we moved up our arrival a day or we would have been stuck in it.

Anyway, between Best Buy and the RV parts place we were heading to in Placentia we ran across a Trader Joe's and I had Larry turn in there. It was interesting to see the difference between this one in the south and ours in the north. Its parking lot wasn't packed and it didn't have as many aisles or as much stuff, but I think that is because there are so many health food stores down here compared to up north.

We finally got a few good pictures of the Jacaranda trees that are everywhere down here and in full bloom...they are this wonderful purpley/lavender color that we have never seen on a tree before. They look like purple clouds from a distance.

We found the RV parts place and we passed the Richard M Nixon Library on the way. After we got our vent cover, on our way back home we stopped at a cute little tucked away Starbucks and then went in Henry's, a wonderful Farmer's Health Market Store...wonderful stuff and tons of great produce. If I ever wanted to live in SoCal I would have to check out this area...it is really pretty, lots of beautiful trees and flowers.

After we got back home Larry did the repair on the vent cover and then washed our filthy truck. Late this afternoon the park started filling up, I bet it was hard for a lot of people to make it here with the freeway being closed and out in front of the Park was a bottle necked mess of people waiting for the freeway to open.

Tonight Cliff and his wife Lisa picked us up and took us out to dinner so we could officially get to know each other after our months of phone and email communication. We sat outdoors at a Mexican Restaurant, with a live Mariachi Band strolling around singing. The plants and trees all around the patio were very beautiful. We had a great time and other than the traffic from the mess of the closure it was a really pleasant evening. We weren't driving so we didn't have any problems...just enjoyed the visit.

That picture of the train is The Metro which we had heard of but never seen and this lovely egret was on the hunt last evening.

Tomorrow will be a long day and I doubt I'll get anything posted. We have VIP pass for parking and tickets to the Scottish Games and I am an Honorary Chieftain for the day...maybe I'll get to bludgeon someone with my mace...oh thats right, I don't have a mace...maybe they'll let me hold one. I guess I stand somewhere looking gorgeous during the opening ceremony and then around 5 I, with a couple of other people will present the Ian J Campbell Memorial Award to some talented Piper. Then it is off to Cliff and Lisa's where they are having a dinner in my honor and so I can meet the Emerald Society's band members. Very nice, so I'll have quite a lot to fill you in on in a day or two! The weather is supposed to be in the low 80's too...woo hoo! Sun stroke here I come!