LA Day 5

Easily the saddest part of my trips to see family in Los Angeles, the last day! Dylan got up early to take Adrienne to the airport for her flight home. Devin and I left later for his office in the Hollywood Entertainment District before meeting Dylan and Brandon for lunch. Devin got several work related things done while I watched the Casey Anthony verdict read on live television. (Casey was acquitted, which is so wrong and does not bring justice for Caylee!) Adrienne arrived back in KC just as we sat down to enjoy the traditional "In-N-Out" meal. I ordered mine "animal-style" which means they cook mustard into the burger and serve it with grilled onions. Its a big deal for me to eat here because only a few states have this chain, California, Nevada and now Texas. It is the ONLY hamburger place that gives me that very distinctive feeling of burgers from the "walk-up" stands of my childhood in The Valley. After Devin and Dylan left to go back to work, Brandon took me to the Lliad Bookstore on Vineland Ave where we each found something incredibly serendipitous to purchase. Next, Brandon surprised me by telling me that Hanson Dam, a childhood destination, was only 5 miles from there. We drove out to the dam and drove around it until we found good signage to take a picture with and then proceeded to try to find our old apartment. We found a school that I thought Ronnie may have attended MacClay Middle School on Pierce St. but I am not convinced we found our old neighborhood. But no matter, I still had a wonderful time and was so happy he took extra time for this little adventure, it made my day less sad when we pulled up to the curb at Burbank Airport and I had to leave LA and my family.  No matter how sad I feel when I have to leave, I know that I had a wonderful time while I was there and that I have incredibly wonderful kids and their partners who open their homes graciously and make us feel so welcome. Thank you Angela, Brandon, Devin and Dylan for everything you do to insure we have a happy, fun, comfortable vacation!  We miss you!!!