This Adventure Called Retirement

We finished our visit with Jeanne and Fred with breakfast at Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank. This is the oldest remaining Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in America and was built in 1949. The neon sign out front is original and there is even a neon sign advertising car-hop service, though this service is no longer available. Although this is advertised as the home of the original double deck hamburger (McDonalds copied it) we were there for breakfast so I will have to return to try their hamburger.

After lunch we headed east one hour to Redlands CA and a visit with Mary’s cousin, Kathleen, and her husband, George. It is a rare sight to see them in their Redlands home and, in fact, if it hadn’t been for an unforeseen ski accident to Kathleen, they would not be home. Since she was on required convalescence we were able to enjoy a nice visit with the two of them. George grilled steaks for dinner and somehow by the end of the evening we had finished off a bottle of whiskey. Hopefully Kathleen will recover quickly and we will see them at the next family function on the East Coast.