A Quick Trip to Orange County

Today we wrapped up our trip to Southern California, flying back to Cleveland. We flew to Orange County last Thursday. Marlyn Evans picked us up at the airport, and we stayed at Marlyn and Ed's house. We had lunch with Marlyn and with Wes and Jenske Johnson, whose 50th anniversary celebration was on Saturday. In the evening we went to the last summer workshop put on by the Ramblin' Rogues Square Dance Club. We finished the day visiting with old friends at the Rogues "afterparty" at a pizza shop.

On Friday we visited the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art. Their main exhibit right now is the Terracotta Warriors from China. We square danced with Fun Wuns in the evening.

Saturday was a busy day. In the morning we and the Evans took a kayak tour of Newport Bay, led by volunteers for the North Bay conservation group. The Evans had arranged to help Wes and Jenske set up for their anniversary party during the afternoon, so we went to the hall with them and helped decorate. We had just an hour or so to catch a light lunch and clean up before going to the party. It was held at one of the clubhouses in a complex that used to be called Leisure World. Wes showed some great home movies of their wedding and a slide show of their life together. The music was provided by Doug Houston, and dancing included square dancing and line dancing.

After celebrating 50 years of one marriage on Saturday, we spent time on Sunday with a newly married couple. We had lunch at John's Incredible Pizza in Montclair with Ken's daughter Rebecca, granddaughter Cathy, and Rebecca's new husband and stepson, Jerry and Jerry. This was our first time to meet the Jerrys. Rebecca had a small wedding in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. Jerry's a big rig trailer mechanic, so he has some idea of the kind of hitch our fifth-wheel trailer uses.

Jerry, Jerry, Rebecca, Cathy and Ken outside of John's Incredible Pizza.


Marlyn, Ed introduced us to the Bowers Museum.


Marlyn, Ed and Lee enjoying Dana Point.