You might have noticed that there was no blogging from Thursday through Saturday.  That was because I was in L. A., squiring the two daughters to two separate university tours. The oldest is in her last year of high school, and is preparing to make the transition to higher education, and the youngest, a freshman in high school, was along for the adventure and to see what is in store in three short years. 

We went to Loyola Marymount, a Jesuit school, and to UCLA.  I forgot the camera for the LMU tour, but remembered it for UCLA.

Here the girls are posing at the law school, somewhere the oldest may well attend in good time, and assuming the grades are up to par.

 Below is Royce Hall, where the oldest met on Friday with a director of the department where she thinks she wants to study.  Networking!

These were our tour guides, Lenna and Justin, who were immensely enthusiastic and entertaining.  Here Justin gestures to illustrate some entertaining anecdote that the school administration would probably not approve of!  We, however, guffawed with gusto at his wit.

Most of the buildings at the core of the UCLA campus look very Ivy League, so much so in fact that they are often used by Hollywood to represent east coast campuses, like Harvard.

The Powell Library was very impressive, inside and out.  Perhaps because of that, or because of our entertaining guides, or because of the beauty of the campus in general,  the 17 year old has now decided that this is the campus she hopes lets her in.  Best of luck, kid!