January 13 through 15th, 2009

Tuesday 13th~~~Kent went back to the Post Office, and still no package, so they will forward it to us at another address. The surf is so high this morning, it has completely covered the tide pools where we had so much fun last night on the beach. The tide splashes water so high it comes half way up the stairs going down to the beach. It sure is a high tide and has such large breakers. No surfers out there this morning, to rough to be out there. We left about noon, stopping for our picnic lunch at a lovely pull over where we could watch the surf while eating. We arrived at our campground about three o'clock, it took us 3 hours to drive 115 miles because of the heavy traffic. The campground was almost full, but they had room for us, the people here are quite friendly, so we will stay here a few days and do some sight seeing in this area. Wednesday 14~~~We went shopping today and to Kaiser Permanent for Sharon's prescription that didn't come yesterday. The weather is so warm here, about 80 or 81 degrees and after the ice and snow in Oregon, we are really enjoying it a lot. Thursday 15~~~ Today we packed a lunch and we drove to President Reagan's Library (pictures) and Air Force One!!! It was wonderful and way more than we expected, we spent over two hours touring it. They have an exact replica of the Oval Office at the White House including exact replicas of the furniture right down to the Presidential Seal on the carpet. The carpet was ordered for the Oval Office but it came with a flaw, which thy noticed after it was laid, so they donated it to the Reagan Library. They told interesting stories about Reagan when he was in the Oval Office. Air Force One is so huge, they have redone the upholstery and furnishing's to what it was when Reagan was President. It served President Nixon through President George W Bush. They got a new Air Force One the last year of GWB, so President Obama will have an almost new 747 plane to fly him all over. (Picture) We also learned from one of the guides that First Lady Jackie Kennedy when in office did not like the color of the Presidential Plane Airforce One which was at the time red and white. She hired a very qualified man to draw up designs of the plane using the colors blue, white and gold, then she chose the design of the plane which is still the design of Airforce One used today. We sure do learn a lot about all the President's by our traveling to all their homes and libraries. Tomorrow we are on the road again. la la la !!!!