Film...

A long long time ago, I took film pictures. I had two cameras that I use to carry with me everywhere. My Nikon and my Yashica, a 35mm and the other a medium format. I've added a few more film cameras through out the years; a Holga 120CFN that can take medium and 35mm film and a Lomography La Sardinia 35mm film. In the years that I've had my cameras, my daughters have taken over my toy cameras and I'm fine with that but the Nikon and the Yashica are my proud possession. I will never get rid of them and to this day, I still keep film in my fridge just in case. About two weeks ago, the Yashica came out to play and it made me so happy but it also scared me as I didn't know if the pictures I was taking would be any good. Film doesn't give you the same satisfaction as digital does where you see the result right away. With film, you have to send it away to get processed and hope for the best. Here's what came out of that film...part of it.

Terranea Trails and The Huntington Library

The hiking trails next to the Terranea Resort are fantastic for kids. The terrain is easy for them to walk/run and they have markers along the way letting you know about the vegetation, wildlife and history. Maxine didn't want to go at first because she thought it was going to be really hard but she ended up loving it. They also have a tidal pool and although the tide was too high by the time we made it down, she still managed to run around with Sofia as they let dogs go down and there is a huge patch of sand. I can't say enough about how much the girls loved it.

The Huntington Library. What can I say but wow. This was our second time and our first with Sofia. I forced Kurt to bring the runner for her because I thought it might be too much walking and I was right. She was walking and running when she fell like it but going uphill was easier for her sitting down. The same can not be said about the rest of us and we were tired after 3 hours of walking. And we didn't get to see everything! They have a cafe which made it easy for us since I didn't want to carry to many things with us. It has such an amazing history and so much to see that it makes it worth the price. We will definitely have to go back again by the end of this year.

We finished the three day weekend by eating fried chicken and waffles at Roscoe's. Good fun, good food.