Hi
Hub Cap Annie, a small motor shop, is on Route 66 just a few blocks from our hotel and Katie and Jeremy wanted to visit her. It was Sunday and it was shut, but Katie wants to make a tee shirt from Annie's Logo.
Yesterday we left San Deigo on a nice scenic drive north to Claremont where we met up with Katie who is just back from a year long trip to the far east and China. We went to the Rancho Santa Anna Botanic Garden which was full of local desert plants and strange notices - "Non-Agressive Digger Bees on Slope. Please do not disturb their Mating Activities" - fortunately we did not come across any of the bees so all was well.
Katie took us round her university and showed us the lovely grounds with beautifully manicured lawns, their nice Art gallery and pristine buildings. In the evening we went out with five of Katie's friends for a Thai meal in downtown Claremont where there was an old car street show with lovely chromed engines. They were a great group of young students and the future of the USA will be fine in their hands.
Today we have been to the Huntington Gardens with Library and Art Collections. What wonderful gardens - flowers, trees and plants from all over the world and we got close up to humming birds. The Library has a copy of the Guttenburg Bible, a First Folio of Shakespeare's plays and from the 20th century, papers of Isherwood, Auden and Spender as well as Kingsley Amis and Hilary Mantel.
Tomorrow we are off to Los Angeles and then on to Las Vegas and then drive through the desert to the Grand Canyon.
Love to you all
J&C
Sounds fun - not enough info on meals! No ham teas and a hot bath?
ReplyDeleteYou're racing around like teenagers - but why not.
ReplyDeleteAny chance of some pix soon?