The day I left town, it was soooooo cold and of course, I had to be at the airport early. 5 AM. I had decided to take two carry on pieces since there had been so much trouble with lost luggage by the airline companies. That decision did however, turn out to be a real pain in the ass. But, it was good for a short trip. Airport security is horrible, I dread it every time I have to fly. 911 just really did a number on me. The flight wasnt all bad since I ended up sitting beside a well built, strawberry blond young man from Kansas City! He had grabbed my bags and thrown them into the storage bins with just a tip of his hat, then gestured for me to take my seat. I saw a few freckles, and I'm guessing he's about 25. YEOW! EH EM....My first stop was Milwaukee and I almost missed getting on the plane because they boarded early and I had made a bathroom stop. They rushed me on board, made us all put seatbelts on, then we sat for an hour and 1/2. It was actually snowing pretty hard, so they had to scrape the runways and de-ice the planes. My young man from Kansas City ended up on the aisle right next to me which made for another interesting flight. Having waited so long to get off the runway made me realize that I was probably going to miss my connecting flight. What would they do? Would I end up missing a day? GRRRR..... But when I arrived at Kansas City, the other plane had waited for us. The airline attendant at the gate didnt realize that though, and made about 12 of us go through the security check again! The Captain apologized and let us know that hot chocolate chip cookies were waiting for us, which I was really happy about because I hadnt eaten. The three plus hours it took to get to L.A. wasnt so bad washed down with a good cup of coffee and two chocolate chip cookies! We were supposed to get to see the Grand Canyon as we were going over, but we hit a storm and had to fly above it. I was bummed. But, when we came out of the clouds and started our decent to L.A. I was dumbfounded by the beauty of the San Gabriel mountain range and the snow capped mountains. Beautiful hues of blues and purples with a touch of orange. Very different than the Blue Ridge Mountains! So I arrived at 11:30 AM with the rest of the day ahead of me. My very gorgeous and talented son picked me up and we headed out on to the freeway. YIKE! FREEWAY IN L.A.! But I did get a great view of most of the county as we drove north to Sherman Oaks. Arriving at a very nice and comfy apartment, I dumped all my belongings and we headed out to have some lunch with his favorite girl. After lunch and a couple of errands, we all took a drive along Mulholland. Up and around the canyon road. My camera was clicking as if on auto pilot. I saw both sides of the canyon. Hollywood, Burbank, Universal City, Downtown L.A.....and Beverly Hills. The weather was pretty warm, but as we reached the outlook on the top side, night was beginning to fall and it was a little chilly. So we headed back down to home, hot tea and a movie. I fell asleep.
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