January 21, 2011

We have ants...guess we've been in LA way too long. Some of the "only in California" experiences I've had here are: feeding the parking meter with a credit card, having the seat stolen off of my bicycle which was strapped to the back of the RV, sitting in TRAFFIC, sirens and helicopters, and helicopters and sirens. There have been two shootings at schools this past week. One morning I was awakened by the sound of a street person digging through the garbage bin at 5:00 a.m., collecting items for his version of a mobile home - the stolen supermarket cart (speaking of carts,they have a two-story Target store here that pulls your cart up alongside you on the escalator. Why can't they do this at the airport?)

On the other hand, we've had some quality time with Charles, Bobbi and the kids, and experienced the perfect day at the Malibu Bluff Park which lies between the Pacific and Pepperdine University. I also spent some time at the fantastic Getty Art Center. I was amazed at how most of the very, very old paintings have retained bright colors and even more amazed that these absolutely priceless works are exhibited without any kind of shielding. Of course there is a guard (mostly old and harmless looking) in each room but aren't they worried about people sneezing or stumbling and falling into the fragile canvasses?

Our only MUFON experience of this time period was an early morning call from the Director of Investigations. Chuck was still sleeping and I assumed that I would be asked to pass on a message; my adrenaline level shot up in an instant when they asked if I would wake him. An individual in law enforcement arrived home and was opening a sliding door to let his dogs out when he very clearly saw an orb outside, at close range. The dogs went nuts and started peeing all over....this was the first time I've seen that in a report but yeah, makes sense. The exciting part was that there appeared to be some trace evidence left behind in the form of burn marks. The bad news was that this was on the East coast and here we are on the West coast. This conforms to the Modlin Theorem..."if they're there, we aren't." Fortunately they had some excellent investigators in the area so we're anxious to hear if anything shows up in lab work. Events like this, reported by highly credible witnesses, keep us intrigued and involved.

I submitted an application for us to have a MUFON booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. Sites are tough to get but we've made a reservation for the entire month of August at the RV park there in case we're successful. We'll be in town way before that but not sure exactly when - all we know is that we're not taking any chances of driving the RV in snow.

In the meantime, we're sending "warm" wishes your way.

Vicki