Grand children

Are they?
Of course. We got together on Wed last week.

Spent Thurs driving from their house to mine (5 hours) and hanging out at home afterward. I drive it alone and with Granny with one stop for food and to stretch. With them, we stopped three times.

Next morning, up at 10 for them.

Off to the Atomic Museum, which they seemed to enjoy, and already had mentioned an interest in seeing. They knew about the first test in the desert of the missile range, and that the bomb had been used twice in WWII. They seemed unimpressed that I'd seen a blast or two myself as I was raised near the Nevada Testing Grounds. Well, close enough to see the cloud and the flash etc.

They'd seen the films about it on the PBS channel. The film "Manhattan Project" was shown at our request while we were there. They remembered seeing that on TV.

Then we went to the Dinosaur Museum, and watched two movies: "Dinosaurs Alive" and "The Living Sea" at the IMAX venue. They were surprised (not really) that I wasn't alive when the dinosaurs were here in NM.

We spent another hour and a half going through the Natural History and Science Museum, at their request. I was ready to go rest. But, I hung in there.

Home, food and picked up 'hoodies' and off to the races.

We went out to Hollywood Race Track for the sprint car races. They had never been to car races, so it was an iffy proposal.

On the way, we stopped for one of NM's best burgers at the Casino.

We were stuffed!

They were not too sure about the races when I proposed it, however after we got there, they were into it.

Grandson, age 14, was the first to pick a car to win the race, followed immediately by Granny, and then granddaughter stepped in. I waited until they'd all picked then I selected what seemed like a sure fire winner. Wrong.
One of them won.
All in all, we had a great outing, and they seemed to like the races as an event.
However, the next day off to the movies with Granny, and then to a swimming party for the final evening.
I will do it again. I really get something I cannot identify from being around the two of them. They are so naive, so willing to accept, so aware of things I didn't even know existed at their ages.

Must be tough being 14 and 12.

Love them both. They are so like their parents. It must hurt for their parents to see them grow into the people they will be.
Look at your parents, that is who you will become. Scary?

Fare is paid.
CABBY