TravelSanDiego FamilyDobkin Everyone had had a busy summer and things were starting to wind down with the start of the new school year looming large, so we took one last family trip to California. It was a gloomy day and we were about to experience a rather gruesome trip, but this woman ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110001 seemed happy enough as she checked is through security so that Sarah ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110002 Jane ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110003 Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110004 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110005 could settle in at the gate area. The kids read ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110006 as Suzanne went off in search of coffee ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110007 while this man ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110008 tried to reassure us that all would be well with the flight. He was right except that the same didn't apply to our suitcase ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110009 which got pretty beaten up in the transit. Here Jane and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110010 looked out for the rest of our bags, hoping that they met a better fate. We then made our way to the stop for the courtesy shuttle ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110011 while Benjamin showed off the new suitcase ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110012 we were given by Continental Airlines.

Once we got the rental car (no small feat as it turned out), we headed for Dansyl's house where they served a wonderful plate of vegetables ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110013 and cheese ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110014 to help us get over our road weariness. Sylvia, ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110015 Benjamin, ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110016 Dan, ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110017 Sarah, ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110018 Jane, ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110019 Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110020 and David ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110021 were all ready for dinner, so we sat down to eat. The meatballs flashed ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110022 out so quickly that they spilled over their bowl ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110023 but they made a wonderful combination with the mashed potatoes ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110024 as you can see from Benjamin's face. ../../../Sabbat/08.11-20.01CATrip//P8110025