Saturday, August 13, 2016

California dreaming

We have been in California five days now. It's been jam packed with visiting friends and activities.

We went to the county fair and Rangimarie and I got to watch a talent show while Manaaki and the rest of the family tried out the rides. We ate hotdogs and caramel apples.

My favorite activity was the big bubble cauldrons right next to the mechanical bronco ride. Rangimarie and I say on a hay bale and watched the bubbles to the strains of country music playing from the bronco stall.

We walked through the livestock hall. Pigs are so freaky. A pink pig's back looks just like a pale white guy's back at the beach.

We've been to the beach and today we went to Ojai and played at Libbey park. Even after 5pm it was still really hot but the park had this cool walk through mister that was very refreshing. Afterwards we went to Bliss frozen yogurt where Manaaki got the most massive tub of froyo and luckily it didn't bankrupt us. They even had a little kid size table that was perfect for Rangimarie.

So far so good. The only sore point had been that as a parent you never really get a holiday and this has been a source of friction. Out of our usual routine we both feel like we've had even less time to ourselves than usual. I'm not quite sure how to do this better but if I find a solution I will let you know.

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