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Happy Birthday Super Grandma and Go Dodgers

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It wasn't too long ago that I learned my Grandma has secretly (at least to me) been a huge Dodgers fan forever, and is always watching their games. With her 90th birthday coming up, and no trips to Dodger Stadium under her belt, we decided it was well past time to take her to the show.  First order of business was picking up our Yoshinobu Yamamoto bobbleheads. Unfortunately, Yamamoto was scratched from that day's game due to injury, and he didn't pitch again for months. Fortunately, he came back as good as ever and pitched in 5 games during the Dodgers' World Series playoff run. They won all of them.  Found our seats! We had time to kill before first pitch, so we left Grandma in the seats and set out to do a lap of the park. Alice noticed this sign. Her elementary school is named Morton as well.  Of course there's a playground in the outfield concourse.  Outfield wall was open for pics. If you could see through my hair and zoom and enhance, you'd see Grandma.  A...

Keeping hot for Arizona 4th

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 We made the wise decision to visit Arizona in July. It was a blast! Literally. Alice waiting for the train. Flying out on the 4th is a must for visits to come. Empty airport! Except for America.   On the 4th we watched the fireworks in the park from on top of the golf cart and I had a wonderful conversation with a woman who use to direct plays and was a touring ballerina in the 50's. Amazing stories. We've come a long way ladies! Above, Alice points out a large bug. Not a cockroach.   So July is hot in Arizona. I've always wanted to visit the miniature museum close to mom and dad, and the 108 degree days helped convince the crew for this inside event.     All of our favorite exhibit was an artist that carves sculptures on the tip of a pencil. Following day (or another day? This all happened so long ago), we had a leisurely morning and then headed up for a little cave tour. Alice up to some antics with mom. This is a face of amazement inside of the cave. I think...