{"id":83395,"date":"2024-10-05T09:12:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=83395"},"modified":"2024-10-06T07:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T14:53:12","slug":"we-decided-to-fly-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=83395","title":{"rendered":"We Decided To Fly Away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_83407\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83407\" class=\"wp-image-83407 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-09-23-001-650x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-09-23-001-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-09-23-001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-09-23-001-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-09-23-001.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He he he he!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Robin arranged for us to join her group in Huntington Beach for the yearly Air Show!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83396\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83396\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83396\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-001-650x454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-001-650x454.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-001-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-001-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-001.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We joined Robin on the tenth floor of the Hilton Hotel on Huntington Beach&#8217;s beach for a fantastic airshow view!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We got to HB at 10:00 am and decided to have a bite to eat before going upstairs.\u00a0 We must say that the Hilton Hotel food provided via the CaboWabo restaurant was unexpected!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83404\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83404\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83404\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-007-650x650.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-007-650x650.webp 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-007-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-007.webp 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The drinks were fantastic and the meal excellent!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There was still some fog, so we went upstairs to the suite and entered a party underway!\u00a0 Food and drinks abounded on every flat surface!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83399\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83399\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83399\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-002-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-002-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-002-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-002.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh My! Did we have food or what?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Out on the balcony, the weather was poor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83400\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83400\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-003-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-003-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-003-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just a bit of fog!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kelly Grigsby was there, and we got to visit and catch up on this since I retired 18 years ago.\u00a0 Kelly was on my staff and took care of many tasks for me.\u00a0 She was ex-Navy and never met a challenge she could not tackle!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83401\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83401\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83401\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-004-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-004-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-004-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-004.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelly Grigsby joined us!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We heard the jets go by, rattling the iron railings on the patio.\u00a0 We never saw the jets and hoped they had their radars on, as we were ten floors up on the beach and could not see a thing!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83402\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83402\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83402\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-005-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-005-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-005-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-005.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You could not even see the ships!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We decided to head home ahead of the traffic since the fog was still pretty thick. Robin got the car from the auto park about three blocks away and drove it to the front door. I had a few drinks and decided to have Robin drive home; it was a good choice.<\/p>\n<p>Dog-A-Puss and I lay on the floor and talked about our recent trip!\u00a0 He told us he loves Irene; they are quite a pair!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83403\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83403\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83403\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-006-650x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-006-650x866.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-006-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-006-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-10-05-006.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poppy and Scout!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Robin had to leave early to relieve Nick from Binx-watch.\u00a0 Their family kitty is 14 years old and not doing well, so they want someone always to be there.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to go into the hot tub for a while before watching TV. The weather was a balmy 78 degrees, so we stayed in for three cycles, which was around an hour. We popped out, dried off, and decided to watch Hocus Pocus in the TV Room.<\/p>\n<p>Mary crashed hard, like a computer running Windows 95 trying to play a Blu-ray movie. She looked so peaceful, so we decided to let her sleep!<\/p>\n<p>Scout and I stayed up until it was over and woke up sleeping beauty. Looks like I&#8217;ll be watching it again tonight! I guess I should invest in some toothpicks to keep her eyes open!<\/p>\n<p>In all fairness, we&#8217;ve been on the move for ten days straight &#8211; even the Energizer Bunny would be begging for a break by now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-83406\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/457503211_122113620962457944_4905512618552080270_n-650x1003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"1003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/457503211_122113620962457944_4905512618552080270_n-650x1003.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/457503211_122113620962457944_4905512618552080270_n-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/10\/457503211_122113620962457944_4905512618552080270_n.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robin arranged for us to join her group in Huntington Beach for the yearly Air Show! We got to HB at 10:00 am and decided to have a bite to eat before going upstairs.\u00a0 We must say that the Hilton &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=83395\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-family","category-friends","category-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83395"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83409,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83395\/revisions\/83409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}