Thursday

Another beautiful day in California!! We started out the day visiting a very small private college - Claremont McKenna. This college is part of a college system which includes Pomona College, Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College and a few other Claremont colleges. Claremont McKenna was nestled in a small community in Claremont, CA that is approximately 30 minutes from our hotel in Anaheim. The drive was beautiful and the campus was very quaint. There are only about 1200 students at Claremont McKenna, which is a big change from USC and UCLA!

After our tour, we stopped at the hotel for 20 minutes to change and drive over to DISNEYLAND! Everyone had a wonderful time and the weather could not have been any better. It was warm in the sunshine and we had a cool breeze. I could not believe how amazing the park was! It was so clean and every flower was perfect and every light bulb was dazzling! I told Toni that I felt like a 7 year old again and all of my childhood memories of Disney came back! Toni and I rode quite a few rides, but Space Mountain was our favorite! We even had to ride it twice!

Tomorrow is our last day of touring - we will go see UCSD so the students have a chance to see another school in the UC system. We will spend some time in San Diego and then come back tomorrow night to write our "Thank You" notes to all of the colleges and universities for accommodating us. Then, it's time to pack and say our good-byes to sunny Cali!

Thanks for the prayers - we have been blessed with good weather and safety thanks to our Lord. Each day I am reminded of Psalm 118:24 - "This is the day that the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!"

We'll touch base tomorrow!

Blessings,
Carole and Toni