RH and company,

Thanks for the fun time yesterday. It felt good. Of course I must have looked a bit funny walking around with the box of chocolate covered macadamian nuts. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

We had a nice time and met AM & daughters, RH & 2 daughters, Wangi, RF and sons along with my and my troup (H & s). The girls got along beautifully. AM's daughter and RH's girls are beautiful young ladies and never once made us feel ...... old and discarded. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

RH met us near the entrance. The zoo changed sooo much from my last visit over 4 years ago. Then he and his daughters took us to the petting zoo where we met Wangi and RF w/her sons. After feeding the farm animals (the burro and goats were agressive - guess they were hungry - the burro tried to stick his tongue in the food dispenser as my son was getting his handfull of 'small brown smelly nuggets of who knows what'!

We saw the male peacocks strutting all around the zoo. Some of the animals were resting (lions/tigers and bears - oh my!). My son got to touch a snake (can't remember the kind but then again, they are NOT my favorite kind of creature). Saw a possum with a cold and a pink nose. The leemer exhibit was fun and we saw that the leemers build thier underground habitat to include at least 1 entry way (to check out who is peeping into their hole/home), an emergency exit, escape route, 2 bedrooms, 1 nursery and a bathroom. The deluxe model included a hot tub - just kidding. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

We also saw a lovebird stripping the leaves off a stem and sticking 3 stems into his/her tail. Looked like it was for nesting purposes but I couldn't find someone to explain it better.

We spent time inbetween visiting the animals talking about MB stuff and the rest of the time we just spent visiting. It was fun.

Just wanted to share our day with our other MB friends. Did we look like an international delegation? Probably. No MB signs though.... but even if we did, so what? Someone said yesterday maybe we should have an MB jacket. Maybe Official MB color? Hm........ some small identifying mark? Maybe not. Oh well, the box of macadamian nuts was an usual site. Good thing no one else asked for a piece, I would have had to ask them for their MB name. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Mahalo,
L.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by *LULU*:
<strong>...I could organize it</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">You are on ... please organize it for next month <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> ... Like Orchid's said, it not all about MB talk ... we look for fun and get away from our mess. Some need to vent, some need to get away and of course to match our name & face ... so we could get our support system handy <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> . I guess AM Martin was talking w/ Orchid at local starbuck afterward.

My email is inside_hacker@yahoo.com then I could give you my cell# or ask Orchid for mine.

-hxk-

Hi Bay Area MB's,
Sorry I missed the fun yesterday. I'm in San Jose and I'd love to network with some Bay Area folks. I hope you have another get together soon.

Take Care!

Hey T1,

R U my neighbor?!!?? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

Here's my addy: mborchid2@yahoo.com

L.

Orchid: Official MB colors? How about black-and-blue?

D had a lot of fun, in particular, and really enjoyed meeting everyone. Didn't think it would be up her alley.

troubled1,

I am at RWC. *LULU* tries to organize Virtual Bowling@Metreon. It is fun for adult/kids. Just look for *LULU*'s post.

Hope this is just the beginning of local MBer chapter ... I have great resource at my church ... we gave free M/Dv recovery/Pre M conseling as part of our ministry. The waiting list is long but we are going to have a bunch of us (had been trained using AACC's courses) to start helping out.

-rh-

I sent emails to both RH and Orchid...did you get them?

Am I the only one of the "bay area" crowd who lives in San Francisco?

Lulu,

I responded to your e-mail. Did you get it?

L.

No Ma'am - no email for me.

lulu_belle70@hotmail.com

I reply your email yesterday <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" /> . I verified your addy and it is correct.

-rh-

Hmmm...very strange. Other people have had problems sending to my hotmail account too.

I'll send you an email from another account and see if that works...

<small>[ September 01, 2003, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: *LULU* ]</small>

Hey guys
It was so nice to see you all on 8-30.RH + 2Ds, Orchid(finally!) + S + Mr.K,AMM + D, last but not least RF and her 2 boys I met for the first time. So sorry that we missed Lulu. Just want to thank RH for organizing the outing. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" />