Uncle Ned's Memorial Day Visit

This past Memorial Day weekend was a fun one for us -- Uncle Ned (Noel's uncle) came to visit! The following serves as a travelogue of the weekend (although we don't have a picture of the first and last stops of the trip, burgers at In 'N' Out).

We went to Marcia and Paul's Friday night and had a nice visit with them. Of course, Marcia went all out cooking great meals for us.
We had to stop by a couple of the Temecula wineries for tastings while we were down there.
Then we took a hike to the vernal pools near Temecula. The ranger at the park said people had been seeing coyotes, garter snakes, and tadpoles, but all we saw was a lot of coyote poop.
Sunday morning I preached at church. It went pretty well, and I was glad to have Uncle Ned there to hear it.
After church, we went up to Simi Valley to visit the Reagan Library. Walking through Air Force One and seeing a section of the Berlin Wall are highlights there. Malibu is directly south of Simi Valley, so we headed down to see the coast after that. We finished Sunday at a great Indian restaurant in Pasadena.We hiked the Mt. Hollywood trail Monday morning before Uncle Ned left (note the Hollywood sign in the background). While bragging about my superior sense of direction, I (Noel) got us lost on the way back down the mountain. But we figured it out soon enough.

Thanks for visiting us, Uncle Ned! Come back any time!