It being a few day's after Chinese New Year, some lions came and danced for us.
We went for a hike in the rain to the secret waterfall. "No f**king tourists," Suzi said.
Lots of water on a rainy day. It's about an hour up the trail.
Andrea in her wet t-shirt.
Horan's fabric applique mermaid and merman above the bar.
Horan's tile mermaid in the driveway.
I think somebody gave them this fabric artwork.
The studio end of their house.
Ceramic merman and mermaid by Horan.
Ceramic Suzi mermaid.
After the hike, Suzi gave us bathrobes we wore while our clothes dried.
Andrea after her t-shirt dried.
Barbells with painted ends.
The other ends.
We attended a meeting of
Dai Ichi Bonsai Kai
where Mel Ikeda gave a demonstration of shohin using a procumbens nana juniper.
We visited the twice and current world champion robotics team,
Beach Cities Robotics,
on both weekends
to see their progress in this build season.
The view from our room at the
Sea Sprite Motel.
Closeup of the front bumper. BCR has really great bumpers this year.
Closeup of the front bumper installation. The bumpers are two-way fabric fold for quick change red/blue.
Examining the mini-bot.
Demonstrating the mini-bot.
BCR built two robots again this year, one for practice after the competition robot ships.
We had to eat at MamaD's restaurant because of the Ted Lieu sign. Ted won the election for State
Senate (District 28). Good food.
We took walks in Hermosa Beach and surrounds. Here's a nice art deco building on Valley-Ardmore.
We visited Bob and Pat Hosken in their home.
We visited King Harbor in Redondo Beach. Here I'm helping three German-speaking Europeans with a picture.
We visited champion swimmer and coach John York, who is recovering from heart surgery.
Getting a little stormy the day we left.
We met Kevin Ryan at the Catalina Coffee Company.
Kevin and I traded coats. He got my leather jacket and gave me his Northrop Grumman black windbreaker.
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