We went out to Temecula for a look see. Very nice out there and of couse a quilt shop for Rayls. We actually did 3 quilt shops and saw 7 Walmart trucks, so things are moving along.

Tonight we went to the Cerritos Theatre for Performing Arts to see The Hit Men, a group of amazing performers. The Hit Men are hit makers of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s… performing and recording members of mega-star acts including Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Critters, Carly Simon, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Barry Manilow, Elton John & Kiki Dee. This brotherhood of musicians have a friendship that dates back over 50 years. They have reunited to go out on tour again, to relive the magic they created on stages around the world and in recording studios years ago. Two former members of the Hit Men were members of the Four Seasons in the seventies. Lee Shapiro and Gerry Polci. Lee became one of Frankie Valli’s celebrated Four Seasons as both an arranger and on keys. He toured the world with the band, performing classic hits and acting as the musical director and arranger on others including “Oh, What A Night” and “Who Loves You.” Gerry became one of the Four Seasons in 1973. His recordings with the group became worldwide hits, most notably “Who Loves You,” “Silver Star,” and “Oh, What A Night,” on which he sang lead. We were lucky enough to meet both Lee and Gerry after the show and they remembered Perth and performing there in 1977 - that was a great show!

Another good nights sleep.

We did have tickets for a taping of the sitcom Hot in Cleveland tonight but they sent an email advising that there was an unusually high guest list (of invites from the production office) that will most likely leave far fewer seats than they usually have available at this show for ticket holders. It meant that we would have to get to the studios very early and then not be assured of a seat and so we gave it a miss.

So we headed off for the first of three quilt shops at 10:00am. Aiming to beat the Burger King 10:30am breakfast deadline we stopped at a restaurant and at 10:27am asked for breakfast. "Breakfast is finished", I was told by the server. "What time does it finish", I asked and was told "10:30am" to which we both looked at the clock on the wall which said 10:27am. Awkward pause from the server and we got breakfast.

Then to the first quilt shop in a town called Placentia (and I thought Fawnskin was funny). The shop was called The Calico House which comes highly rate from Rayls - "nearly as good, if not better than, Keepsake Quilting". High praise indeed.

Whilst at Calico I wandered over to a nearby supermarket and spent 5 minutes choosing a healthy cereal after which I spent 30 seconds picking out some chocoalte bars!

From Placentia we headed to Tuskin and the Flying Geese quilt shop. Tuskin turned out to be a nice town, country feel with some very colourful trees.

Next was the Quilters Garden in Anaheim.

We got back to the hotel just before 4:00pm and rested for a bit before heading to the AMC 20 theatre in nearby Fullerton to see the movie Olympus Has Fallen - Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. We both enjoyed the movie.

Movie finished at 8:20pm and we checked out a WalMart for supplies before heading to Garden Grove and a visit with our friend Lidia who works at the Dennys there. Nice dinner and a pleasant chat.

Home around 10:30pm

Another poor nights sleep but had set the alarm for 9:00am so we were up and out of our room by 10:00am. There was a fair amount of noise from the room next to ours last night - that and the very poor internet were the only down sides of the Black Forrest Lodge.

As I checked out I commented to the lady how nice Big Bear was - I asked if the weather was always as great as it has been. She said it snowed about 8 days each year and for the other 360 days the sun shined. Strange years they have here but it really is a perfect location and just a 2-hour drive from the hustle and bustle of LA.

Due to the poor Internet connection yesterday's update was done courtesy of the McDonalds Wi-Fi. Today we had breakfast there so we could eat but also use the Wi-Fi to book our hotel for the next few days. I ordered a bacon and egg McMuffin and she asked me if I wanted bacon or Canadian bacon - what's the difference, I mean apart from the country the pig came from. Apparently Canadian bacon is actually ham - so why not call it ham? Weird. Anyway I booked the hotel for the next 5 nights and ended up at the same Days Inn that we stayed in back in November. This place is right on the interstate and the traffic noise is unbelievable but the price was just too good and I asked for the top floor in a quiet location.

We filled up with fuel - $50 for 12.3 gallons. That is the equivalent of 93 cents a litre and boy do they grumble about the cost of fuel here.

The GPS is working well now, I bought one of those Gripgo thingos that are advertised on Foxtel.  Set it up on the windscreen and found that GPS soon fell off - things is useless but now with the aide of two elastic bands, it works fine.