Monday, August 27, 2007

Day 15: Los Angeles, California





We arrived in LA today and were warmly welcomed by Tommy's Uncle Fred and Aunt Kathy, who live in Grenada Hills. We also met perhaps the most awesome (literally, awesome)pet in the world--HANK THE TANK! Hank is some kind of African Tortoise (Kathy & Fred, remind me of the exact name if I got it wrong) who resides in the back yard of the Rohde's house. He is currently about 5 years old, and will live to be over 100. He is already enormous, but will grow to be many times this size. Maggie fell in love with Hank, and could not stop taking pictures of him. We fed him corn (as you can see) which he devoured with such passion that he made a huge mess all over his face. He was SO AWESOME.

We spent time at the Rohde household, catching up and in many ways, getting to know one another. Soon, Alex (Tommy's cousin) got home from work (Michael, Alex's brother was sadly out of town so we did not see him). We all went together to a great Mexican restaurant. After many laughs and much good conversation, we retired to bed.

2 comments:

Mr Redram said...

Great turtle photos!! Just a little corny, but that's ok.

LeRose said...

Really your blog is not about the adventure, it is about the crazy bizarre things that happen or arrive to you on the adventure. The nerd light is on. You should rename the blog The Redram Family's Nerd Light Experience.