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We are back from LA - it was quite the adventure.  After our Disney/Universal Studios trip we drove down to San Diego; lovely town near the border of Mexico. Stayed in this really great luxury resort that also let us have Kiwi (at a cost of course).
Day 2 Brax and I went to Legoland.

We spent a bunch of time in the water park as well - no pics from that but I did enjoy the wave pool.

LA, San Diego & New Jersey part 1

On the road to San Diego
after a few days in LA.
We drove down the coast from SF; views awesome, saw 2 whales, zebra (yep in a field for real) and fed ostriches! Kiwi was intrigued.



LA we stayed with Michelle on the UCLA campus and introduced Kiwi to Michelle's dog Bug.....they are the same age. They played hard, Bug is very lively compared to Kiwi's mellow; it was great for Kiwi to have a play buddy.







More to come....

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LA, San Diego & New Jersey Part 2

Writing this in chunks to make it easier to publish.
Day 2 LA we went to Disneyland. All madness of course and 9 hours saw us all a little tired but happy with the rides. Not the most exciting ride but this is the oldest ride at Disney so I, of course, had everyone do it too.



Did some clever 3D rides too, all up a lot of fun.
Given timing we went to Universal Studios day 2. Fun in a different way. Despicable me ride was very fun and we got a free fast pass to do it again as we got delayed on the first ride so they comped us another one.



Sharene has most of the pics on her laptop so just giving you all a flavor.
San Diego update will be part three !
On the work front I took the New Jersey role. Big commute but works out 4 days onsite with the client, Fridays and every 4th week remote. Also I can flex fly which means once a month Sharene flys out to me rather than me fly home - will work great because ACN would pay for me to fly home so they just pay for me.
Oh bonus pic, ran a half marathon the weekend before we left, cool medal.



Although I hurt my foot the week before - it did me fine in the day but kinda mean bruise (bad leg too!).



Kiwi says hi...sleeping on the drive.


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Final walk

Sorry for all the short posts but I got a fail message when I posted more pics so I'm breaking it all up. Not the best app but I like being able to post from my phone.
Now it's being an arse again.
Anyway - we traversed some interests stairways. Good thing about the walk was all the sights are accessible by car so you don't have to walk 3 miles.
Tomorrow I talk to my big boss about some possible projects. Could be local or could travel again....not sure how it will fall. If I travel there are options for Sharene to come visit for weekends and I can credit the air ticket I would use to come home to her (cool perk). Harder on the family not to be here but air points and hotel points to accrue - making future holidays more affordable.
All that said I also need to weigh off the professional opportunities and the never ending "what next".
June was my 4 year anniversary at Accenture; longest I've ever stayed with one employer - including being self employed.

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More walking

Woohoo, that's two posts with pics that actually worked.
As part of the walk we also saw the Pink House - note the reflection on the house next door.












The neighbors on the other side went a little more gothic.







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Mosaic stairs and more

The last post was a test, I've been trying to list pictures for the last 4 days! Last week Sharene and I did a self guided walk in San Fran. Along the way we discovered mosaic stairs.






Sharene also spotted this.


More to follow.

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Mosaic stairs

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