Off To California, Then Hit The Ground Baking

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​OFF TO CALIFORNIA, THEN HIT THE GROUND BAKING

     On Tuesday, November 15, my mate Tom and I flew from Ohio to California to visit our West Coast loved ones.
       Our flight involved a layover in Chicago O'Hare airport, 

...where we passed what we took to be a sign of the times.

     Our first stop was Los Angeles, where we would spend the next day with our daughter, son-in-law, grand daughters and grand pets.

      "Can we bake chocolate chip cookies for my school party tomorrow?" my elder granddaughter asked me shortly after I stepped into the house. 
         "Chocolate chip cookies for school tomorrow?" said I as I parked my suitcase. "Sure."
        "And apple pie?" chimed in my younger granddaughter, "and pizza? And chicken on the bone?"
        "Cookies tonight, apple pie, pizza, and chicken on the bone tomorrow," I replied.
       However, before any of the baking could commence, a preliminary trip around the corner was required,

...to Ralph's, which is situated upon my favorite of all favorite supermarket parking lots,

...thanks to all the palm trees on the premises.
​      The parking lot looked especially charming in the twilight.

      Our provisions acquired, my grand daughter and I set about the task of making the school cookies,

...with help from little sister.

       The following day I made an apple pie,

...a couple of pizzas,

...and a pan of oven fried chicken, aka chicken on the bone.

       The next day Tom and I left Los Angeles and drove down the California coast to spend a few days with my sister and her partner in Oceanside.

     When I returned to L.A. a few days later there would be, by popular request, more pizza, more apple pie, hot rolls, 

...and my special popcorn that's made by popping up a bag or two (two is better, it goes so fast) of kettle corn,

...melting white chocolate then drizzling it over the popcorn,

...then drizzling melted milk chocolate over the white chocolate,

...then crushing Oreos, 

...and adding them to the popcorn mix.

      It's nice to be able to bring along a useful life skill.