Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Finally, our ten day madcap American Football Adventure that included three practices in California and three games in Washington, came to an end today.
It was time for Julien to return to his home in one of the finest cities that we've ever lived in, Lyon, France.
He would be boarding an Air France plane at LAX for the two part return. First was his flight to Paris followed by a two hour layover before boarding his final flight to Lyon and rejoining his loved ones, wife Chrystel and daughter Jeanne.
One last photo with Julien
Laurie wanted to take one
with Julien, too
Taking a page out of our longstanding travel
itinerary . . .
We had breakfast at Camarillo Cronies
A California Breakfast Burrito worked
for Julien who had somehow lost
weight during his time with us
Well, we had done LOTS of walking these past ten days to counteract the effects of the American heart attack inducing diet.
Our trip to LAX was relatively traffic free and our farewell at the curb near the Tom Bradley Terminal was brief by Julien's design. He later texted me that he did not want to get overly emotional saying a longer Adieu in the terminal itself.
Ever the journalist, Julien left Laurie, what is now a cherished note, in our mailbox to again express his gratitude for our efforts on his first ever West Coast trip.
I just hope that he had half as much fun as we did on his visit.
Meanwhile, the renovations continued today with new flooring in the kitchen which has a raised floor not a cement slab like is found in the TV room and bathroom that they completed yesterday.
First, Julien and I aided our two tile
workers in lifting our heavy kitchen
table over the counter and into our
newly tiled TV room safely
Our stove and refrigerator
were moved across the kitchen
Up came the old linoleum
Now, about the old wooden
sub-flooring . . .
. . . when our home was built in 1963,
the supporting beams beneath the floor
were set too far apart for comfort
We agreed on a price for the now needed reenforcement and proceeded to revisit the movie, "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House."
The underground work was not
easy but most necessary
Let's talk American football . . .
Chaminade (8-3) at Pacifica (9-2)
Pacifica is coming off of a barnburner of a playoff win over Bishop Amat (8-3), 56-50!
Chaminade nipped Corona del Mar (8-3), 20-17 in their opening playoff game.
Round Two of the Washington
State AAA Playoffs
The Bellevue (9-1) team that Julien and I saw beat Bishop Blanchet (4-6), 62-7, now takes on a decidedly tougher opponent in a Meadowdale (10-0) club that beat Evergreen (6-4), 28-14.
This is indeed exciting news
Add to this announcement a pair of games against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium in 2029 and at Husky Stadium in 2030, and things are looking much more exciting than typical games against Eastern Washington, Utah State, UC Davis and the like.
In conclusion, our time hosting Julien and traveling to Seattle were most rewarding for all of us.
GOOD TIMES INDEED!
