Hello Dolly!

Check out our photos from the world premiere of 9to5: The Musical at Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles . We caught up with Dolly and the cast at the post party. This is Dolly in the flesh, although it appears to be, it has not been photoshopped. What a nice lady!
Other notable attendees included Lily Tomlin, Jason Alexander, Jane Fonda, Tracey Ullman, etc. We had a great time. Kendall met the musical director from Wicked and 9to5. He will be shadowing the conductor for both shows in the orchestra pit in the next few weeks!

One thing we have learned in Hollywood: If you want it, go for it and never take NO for and answer.

Check this video out for a sneak peak at 9to5.

A NATURAL HIGH

We have a new passion. Over the past few months we have been hiking some of the biggest mountains in the US and have logged well over 60 miles in doing so. Our ultimate goal is the big one, Mount Whitney, the highest summit in the US with an elevation of…Whoa.…14,505 feet, that’s 23 miles round trip. We have a few hiking buddies from Paramount that go with us. My first hike, Mt. Baldy, was an eight-mile round trip hike. I cried tears and bit my cursing tongue because we were with a group. I could not manage walking up/down stairs for the next two days. I am getting stronger and keeping up with the group, mostly, these days. Two weekends ago we did 13 miles and last weekend we went on our first backpacking trek (14 miles carrying 20-30lbs packs) with an overnight stay in the wilderness. Although we were prepared with our bear canisters, we didn’t see any bears. So much fun!

Climbing a mountain is a natural high!

Summit at Mt. Baldy.

Snow in July!

Summit at San Jacinto.

Summit at Ontario Peak.

Pure mountain spring water! Must be filtered for drinking.

Our camp.

OUR GOAL NEXT YEAR....MT.WHITNEY!