It was our last day in Orange County, so we wanted to take a tour of one of its most venerable institutions. We were very pleased to be met at the gate by 3 of the owners of the enterprise and then to watch Mikey as he watched Lonnie's truck pull up and Lonnie emerge to greet us, This excitement inspired a group picture in front of the new truck. But, there was work to do, so Suzanne got into the fork lift and backed it up further and further and then lifted her forks in practice for her mission. With Larry's help, she wheeled around to get in position behind Lonnie's truck with the pallet she would be lifting. She aimed her forks and missed on the first try so she backed off and re-aimed driving slowly slowly slowly until she reached the truck and made contact and slowly worked her way in to get the pallet. Now she began to lift and then backed off further and further until she was holding the pallet and could lower it to the ground. This amazed Mikey and Lonnie, but it tired Suzanne, so that Sarah was called upon to board the forklift and gently guide it

to its final place under Larry's expert guidance. Not to be outdone, Benjamin and Jane each took their turns at the wheel.

Next, we went inside to see the grapes, the sales brochure, some fine signs, and their inst-a-frame while awaiting our tour guide who had a business to run. They do make a lot of open signs in many languages. Larry took some family pictures and then we met Gilbert the guy who's name we forgot and Jesus in the metal bending shop and the man who might have been named Milton in the letter area where they have the spiffy almost neon open signs. He gave the kids their names in letters and Jane had her clock sign while Jesus bent metal with Gilbert supervising before we checked out the packets of condiments and decided it was time to head for the airport.