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Just returned from River­side, Cal­i­for­nia yes­ter­day and it was an enjoy­able vaca­tion. My wife and I went to Las Vegas for a cou­ple nights stay­ing at the Hilton. Our pack­age (cour­tesy of my Dad for our sec­ond hon­ey­moon) con­sisted of The Star Trek Expe­ri­ence, a din­ner for two at Quarks Bar and var­i­ous other incen­tives. We stayed on the 9^th floor and at first it was a con­fus­ing expe­ri­ence try­ing to get up to our floor. We ini­tially thought that the ele­va­tors, no mat­ter how many of them, all led to what­ever floor desired. How­ever, we didn’t real­ize that there were two sets of ele­va­tors until we asked one of the bell­hops. I think he cack­led to him­self qui­etly as we walked away, “Stu­pid Las Vegas newbies.”

On our trip we also vis­ited the always fun and fan­tas­tic Dis­ney­land. We went with my brother and his friend Brian, so our party con­sisted of my wife and I, my Dad, Brian and Matt. If you’ve ever been to Dis­ney­land you know that some­times you are blessed with the oppor­tu­nity to “spot” a celebrity. Our first encounter was Bean from the Dis­ney Kid’s show Even Stevens. Brian, equipped with his paparattzi cam­era was will­ing to hunt him down for a pic­ture but unlike real paparattzi he decided against it. When we split up we vis­ited Honey I Shrunk the Audi­ence and took a trip on Pirates of the Car­ribean, even­tu­ally meet­ing up with Matt and Brian who found our sec­ond Celebrity sight­ing sit­ting in New Orleans square. Off the top of my head, I don’t know the name of the actor but he played Jef­fer­son from Mar­ried with Chil­dren and his wife, a celebrity as well, was the pros­ti­tute on the short-lived ‘The John Lar­ro­quette Show’.

All said and done, it was a great trip. Although, my fam­ily has decided to put the house up for sale and move to Bishop, CA. It should be an adven­ture and it’s a beau­ti­ful place to live and to visit. When the baby is born we’ll take a trek back to Cal­i­for­nia, but this time avoid­ing the smog and over-population.

Good­bye, Sunny and Smoggy Cal­i­for­nia. We’ll see your bet­ter half soon.