Karen & Megan arrive on Thursday, June 17, 1999.

Mom greets the girls. Megan has brought a cat!   (6/17/99)

All four of us enjoy the Upland 2^nd Street Market, a weekly event in old downtown Upland.  Shopping, shopping, shopping ! ! (6/17/99) P.S. None of us are in this picture.

Karen & Megan slow down with hot drinks at Venice Beach Starbucks.   (6/19/99)

Megan finds another "perfect" dress among the thousands in a Melrose vintage shop.   (6/19/99)

This particular shop, Jet Rag, also had vintage materials and rugs. We found a great French hunt scene tapestry for the "Lodge" and hand stitched bar linen. The girls of course found lots of must have items as well.

Julie Delpy, an actress that the girls recognized in another vintage clothing store who Linda and I watched try on endless clothes without having a clue who she was. That is until we left the store and the girls told us. Once home I looked her up on the Internet and sure enough, they were right! Welcome to Hollywood.

Karen & Megan enjoying Linda's Birthday dinner in the dim light of the Magic Lamp Inn   (6/23/99)

Mom coaxes a big smile from Karen.   (6/23/99)

Megan & Linda have that "I just had a great lunch" afterglow.   (6/26/99)

Megan, Jake & Karen enjoying lunch at the Village Grill.   (6/26/99)

Tearful Good-Bye at Ontario Airport early Sunday morning. But, wait, the plane didn't go anywhere for so long that there was no Houston connection from Phoenix.  They would have to come back off the plane after about 30 minutes. With the help of an agent, we rebooked the girls on a noon flight direct to Houston.    (6/27/99)

"They said what?!?" Yes, it's true, yet another delay. After leaving and returning to the airport hours later for the noon flight, there was another delay. Then, finally, they boarded the plane for Houston. Yeah! Wait, why isn't the plane pulling back? A dead battery, yes somewhere in this second airplane of the day (a MD-80) there was a dead battery they were trying to charge before take-off. Later we learned that it wouldn't take the charge and a battery was being borrowed from Alaska Airlines. Who knows what all was really going on.  Anyway, after another 30 minutes they took everyone off the plane pending the repair.  Hours later parts arrived from LAX and were installed to everyone's satisfaction. At 6 o'clock the girls boarded for the third time headed for Texas. Alas they were really going to Houston.  (6/27/99)