California Dreaming Day 3

 Second hotel had bees! I thought it was very neat to see these bee hives on the roof.

 

 

 

Quick morning swim before we checked out of the hotel

 After our morning swim, Robert thought we should go return "Blackie or Dark Black or Vader" as we had named our first rental. The air conditioner was not functioning that well and he wanted something working well for our trip up to Simi Valley, especially if we got stuck in traffic.

We traded the Nissan in for a Cheverolet and were on our way to the Ronald Reagan National Library

 This trip was amazing, and we did not leave enough time to do the whole place and truely give it the time it deserved.  It was set up in the hills or mountains to us Iowan's. 

 Reagan was a drum major, who knew!

 Note the WHO microphone.  Lots of Reagan - Iowa ties.

 They had a little area where you could see what it was like to read from a prompter.  Surprisingly difficult.

A super special part of Reagan's library was the installation of Air Force One.  It just so happened Gpa Dallas worked on the radio/avionics in this very plane. 

 This plane is huge, the pictures do not do it justice. There is an entire part of the museum/hanger dedicated to how they placed the plane, rebuilt it and then built the building around it.  So breath taking and powerful to see.  This plane had quite the view.

Looking out at the hills

 Out in front of the library

 Standing on the patio looking in

Patio looking out