I know that looks like an odd combination of destinations to have together on the same trip, but it actually made for a very fun journey of 1400 miles in three and a half days.
As my mother and I flew into Ontario on Friday evening, the sky was alight with the brilliant colors of sunset, and the lights of the LA Basin glittered below. My father, who was there already, greeted us warmly--it was his 48th birthday.
The next day was spent mostly in the Loma Linda University Church. The annual Southern Gospel Family Reunion was being filmed live that evening. Other than my dad and Christian Edition, I heard many fine Christian artists including Del Delker.
The next day, we went to Las Vegas. My friend Caroline was along to fulfill her dream of seeing Lance Burton, supposedly the best magician in the world, perform. He was very good--there are very few new magic tricks under the sun, but he dressed up the classics well with enchantingly beautiful sets.
A wonderful lady in the community, Janet Townsend, gave us tickets to see Love, a Cirque du Soleil show done to the music of the Beatles. My favorite part of that one was when they covered half the audience with a large, white sheet of cloth and drew it back again to the song, "The Octopus's Garden."
Finally, yesterday we made our way home. On our way, we saw the vast desert of Death Valley (at a modest 109 degrees Fahrenheit). We traveled into the night, and stopped in Yosemite to look at Cloud's Rest bathed in moonlight.
We stumbled in at around 3:00 AM this morning. I was amazed we made it. I'm amazed that you've read this far without giving up, if you have. School has started, and life is back to crazy. I actually feel lucky that I didn't get my money in on time for a trip that left today; I wouldn't have been able to write to you about this last one.
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