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Dispatches from Pops: SSRT Day 4: Mission Viejo, CA

6/6/2015

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It’s Day 4 of the Sauerkraut Summer “Kraut and About” Road Tour 2015!

This morning started out cool and crisp in Flagstaff, and we got on the road at about 6:00 am for our drive into southern California.  Here are my observations for today:

  1. If you’ve never had the joy of staying in Flagstaff, seriously consider it. But traveler beware: there is such a thing as pine pollen allergies. Humom can tell you all about it, I’m afraid.
  2. If you’ve never had the joy of renting, owning, or driving an RV, you really should consider it.  I’m sure it’s not for everyone, but Humom and I have seen some amazing scenery along the drive - all stuff that would have been “fly-over” if we’d just hopped onto Southwest.
  3. If you’ve never had the joy of driving west from Flagstaff on Interstate 40, drivers beware: the roads haven’t been repaired since Eisenhower was in office.

We crossed into California after driving through some of the most wide-open countryside we’ve ever seen… and then it continued even after we were in the sunshine state. I commented that I half expected to see a John Wayne movie being filmed. Humom said it reminded her of Stephen King’s Desperation/The Regulators. The mountains and rolling hills make you realize how amazing - and enormous - our country really is.
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I don't even feel bad about all the bugs I killed, but sorry it messed up the picture...
We got into Orange County in plenty of time for our Meet & Greet.  Today, we were at the Mission Hills Pet Care Center, who also happened to be celebrating their one year anniversary - what a great way to celebrate! The animal welfare group we’re supporting today is New Beginnings.  We met Dr. McCarthy and her staff, who were all wonderful, friendly, helpful, and had great relationships with their clients.  They had balloons, food, sodas, and desserts for everyone!
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Lots of people came to greet Sauerkraut today, and there were a million pictures, selfies, chin scritches, and ear rubs.  We also had the best fund raising of the trip so far… so this is a challenge to all the other cities we’re visiting on our trip next week!  

One of the visitors, Sebastian, after meeting Sauerkraut, wandered off and came back just a moment or two later with a piece of paper and a pencil, and in about one minute drew up this amazing portrait.  Thank you so much, Sebastian!

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