“Once you begin a great movement, there’s no telling where it will end.  We meant to change a nation, and instead we changed the world” Words spoken by Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address to the Nation on January 11, 1989.

Today is a memorable day in this trip.  Visiting Ronald Reagan’s Presidential Library and Museum was spectacular!  Of the four Presidential Libraries I’ve visited this one now ranks as my favorite.  It is located about 45 miles north/west outside of Los Angeles.  The 100 acre site sits on a high mountain top overlooking the valley.  It consist of 100,000 square feet in 24 different galleries.  Just so you know, 100,000 square feet is really a lot!

One of my favorite exhibits is the Air Force One plane that is positioned in a glass enclosed building.  When you are in the cockpit and look out the window it actually feels as if you are flying.  No photos are allowed to be taken inside the place due to security measures.  A helicopter sits in the building also.

Linda and I had a marvelous day.  The facility closed at 5:00 p.m.  So went to a nearby Costco and spent 2 hours browsing and sampling before Linda found all she needed.  Then… we each had a soft serve yogurt and drove home.  By lolly-gagging- at Costco for two hours we missed all the traffic jams coming out of LA.  The freeways are so full of people when it is not rush hour that I don’t even want to think about subjecting myself to the freeway between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.  Thus, our Costco stop did exactly what we planned it to do.

Our entire day was taken up with the Library.  No great exciting stories to tell other than I was entirely focused on what I was seeing and hearing.

Good night one and all.