Tahoe Almost 2

I drove from San Diego to LA today.. took 5 hours. 3 of those hours were going 60 miles of the trip. The VZ Navigator aka THE BITCH IN THE BOX (named by my precious student Mary Belser) got me here. Let me tell you about the B in the B... she likes to tell you every 2 tenths of the mile that you are stuck in traffic.. NO flipping kidding.. I am right there in it.. I really don't think I need the constant reminder!!! She would say.. "traffic congestion next 8 miles.." .."traffic congestion next 7.8 miles"... etc... no wonder people go postal here!! AND there are FREAKING lot of people here. I drove over a hill and saw this sign it said Los Angeles and the elevation and then the population 3,978,456.. now why doesn't that just say 4 million freaking crazy people all living in one square mile?????
Once again I am thankful for XM radio!! I have heard Doc Laura and this crazy lady named Jane who says she likes to date and sleep with lots of guys.. even though she is currently monogomous. Funny their shows are back to back on the same channel.
Today once I got into LA I decided to drop in on my cousin at his Deli. I had the most awesome 1/2 sandwich of rare roast beast!!! I tried to take its' picture to show my Dad, but the dang camera on the phone was not working. It was 3 inches tall and delish!!! I probably helped that I was STARVING because I didn't get lunch till 2.
Nice to see my cousin, he looks just like my Uncle JIM... (his dad). Ends up my Uncle Jim is in the hospital so we went to see him. HE looks just like my Grandaddy.. it was very spooky to see them. Brought tears to my eyes. Their photos are on the facebook link. Uncle Jim is having some problems.. he is 12 years older than my Mom.. Like my dad says, parts just start to wear out. I have had a very nice conversation with my cousin, words of Cullins wisdom all over the place, which I so appreciate.
Cousin Jimmy brought me back to his place to hang out while the traffic clears so I can head north in a bit. I got to go for an awesome run on a bridal path.. I can run longer when it is cooler. Nice to run on a dirt path through a tree filled canyon. Towards the end of my run I started to think of when that jogger got attacked by a mountain lion in Ca. caused me to pause and assess my surroundings several times as I headed back to Jimmy's house. I also got lost.. and I did not bring my phone.. too funny.. I was looking down every street looking for the blue short bus.
I caught a bit of the news(B. you would be proud I actually watched the news, I am not totally out of touch today).. about someone getting eaten by a bear in Yosemite.. LOL that was one of my fears about camping there when I read about the camp sites giving you bear boxes to store your food.

Okie dokie.. I am off.. headed north.. would like to make it to Fresno.. but who knows...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
Jada