YOA [our Year Of Adventure]

California

Christmas 2002 to January 2003

The benefits of having a doting mom really come in handy when you get to spend a month of "vacation time" with her. From Dec 20 to Jan 20, we enjoyed four glorious weeks of just hanging out in Redlands and spending quality time with Mom Van Duinen. Of course we did help around the house but we think that we got far more of the deal than she did! She took seriously her job to fatten us up (after being shocked at how much weight we lost in SE Asia) and assimilate us back into American culture.

While she was at work, we did a variety of activities: volunteering at the Palm Springs Film Festival, working on the web page, visiting museums and art galleries, exploring the West Coast and Hearst Monument, and frequenting the Redlands Public Library and maxing out on our allowed number of checked out books.

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