Those 70ish Girls

Part 2 – Life’s a Trip by Valerie Halla

The last thing I got to do on my recent trip to LA, was attend a picnic at Deukmsjisn Wilderness Park. (And compared to Los Angeles city, this was in a wilderness as Angelinos would describe it.) The picnic was to celebrate my cousin’s wife on her 80th birthday. I felt honored to be invited. There were family members from back East, parts of northern CA and Mary flew out from Texas plus Uncle Gus from Ontario, CA was there, he’s the one who has us all beat in most cases at age 94. We all enjoyed the gathering.

We played “Liz bingo” thanks to Liz’s sister who created a challenging Bingo Board with a $2 bill prize for winners plus a pen and a snack treat. How cool is that?

We had delicious Mediterranean food and pound cake. We heard Bill and Liz’s daughter sing in a recording with her brother. We talked, told stories and got our picture taken numerous times. We were in a Los Angeles wilderness area but it felt like home.