So we took a long drive...

From Blossom Hill in Lancaster on the morning of July 20, 2016 we drove to Redondo Beach, Calif.

Michael joined us on Sunday night, July 24.

It was a really fun time. Not one cross word amongst us, although there were a few

• Head shakes
• Crossed eyes
• Clenched teeth
• jovial jests followed by a 'just kidding'

We all are already bound so there was no real bonding necessary,

but we all thought we saw a rattle snake in the sand

so we walked over to investigate!

Yep! there it was...a slithering snake...Timmy said it was

rattling. Me & Michael heard nothing.

The total mileage for the round trip was 5837 miles

We had a manual chart that we followed, sorta like one of those computer models that automatically tell us who is next to fill the Car with gasoline and who is the next person to provide shelter for the night.

Gas ranged from $1.75 per gallon to a max of $3.04 in Calif.

The Hotel/Motels averaged about $100 per night...except in Calif where Sam picked up the tab for us.

The whole trip was enjoyable...although the driving can become rather boring.

Hopefully, photos/videos to follow...too tired to deal with it right now.

Oh it's good to be back home again...