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Just like that, the holiday is over!  … well except for the unpacking, the laundry, putting the suitcases away and getting the house whipped into shape!

Today was just a travel day,  no sights or attractions other than the airplane ride. The hotel by LAX was handy, but it really made us appreciate just how nice the other hotels had been.   We started the day with a less than satisfactory continental breakfast, but it did keep body and soul together while we faced the rigours of the air travel security theater.  We boarded the plane in sunshine and 15 °C and three short hours later got off the plane to be greeted by -2 °C and a stiff north wind – and snow for tonight.    It didn’t take us long to lose our acclimatization to winter.

Gramps was at the airport to meet us with our van and when we got home Gram was in the midst of preparing dinner for us.  What a treat to not have to think about what to have for dinner, and to have something prepared fresh – nothing deep fried in sight!  After supper we had a chance to look at the videos and some of the pictures that we took on the vacation with my folks before they headed home and left us to our unpacking.

Now to try and psych myself up for work tomorrow…

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Today was pretty busy – we started by packing up all of our gear a checkig out of our hotel in San Diego after a big brunch in the hotel restaurant. We got to SeaWorld about noon, it was a fine, sunny day. We saw the killer whale show then toured a number of the exhibits – bat rays, penguins, belugas, walrus and polar bears. We rode the Skytower at the end of the day, then piled into the van for the drive back to LA.

It was almost exactly 2 hours from SeaWorld to our hotel by LAX – not the nicest part of town! However, the hotel is handy for dropping off the rental car and getting to the airport in the morning.

Our flight is at 11:00 but we need to check in 2 hours earlier, so we’ll have a busy start tomorrow.

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