merrill whatley

Upon arrival at LAX. We had just picked up his checked bag (which outweighed him).

Showing off his Louisiana ID.

While eating cheese pizza from Rocco's.

Playing foosball at the office.

Kickin' it at the Grove.

Watching the water show at the Grove's main fountain. There are also lot of fish in there.

Riding the double-decker open-top Grove - Farmers Market trolley and eating vanilla chip ice cream.

Efficient trolley travel!

Examining saber-tooth tigers.

Apparently giving a tour.

Wooly mammoth! Well, not so wooly now.

Learning how difficult it would be to escape from the tar pits.

Walking out of the Page museum and into a beautiful Los Angeles afternoon.

Where's the bone?

Mozi wasn't quite sure what was about to happen here.

It became time to dance!

And dance!

And spike the chew toy!

Sweater calms Campbell down by 60%.

This may look relaxing, but it was actually the last moment of a vicious set of leaps across the yard and onto the hammock.

Backyard style.

Much hammocking.

Getting ready for Mozi's bath.

Mozi, feeling rather abused but putting up with it.

Look in the background -- it's Crazy Mozi Time!

Look out for that crazy dog!

So Crazy Mozi Time is post-bath. Without fail, he goes absolutely bananas and goofs around after a shower.

Man, it was great!

Sort of skipping ahead a couple of days (the Wild Animal Park comes between the last photo above and this one), we are at the hotel in Buena Park.

From here we go to the LA Galaxy soccer game, and then we come back and sleep. Next morning -- DisneyLand!

Campbell was wet and wild!

Uncle G, Uncle Merrill and Campbell hangin' poolside.

Campbell and Aunt Anne pose with the real, actual David Beckham, not a cardboard cutout. Real!

The boys before the sun went down at the game. Galaxy won, 1-0!