The first day of meetings was a short one as there was another FAM tour after lunch. We met with: Capitol-Saratoga Region in New York; Chicagoland's Fox River Valley; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; San Mateo County, California; Irvine, California; Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Yucca Valley, California; Southern Indiana; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Montgomery, Alabama; and Fort Worth, Texas.
Brief lunch and then off to an Irvine FAM tour beginning with the First America Title Building which had a whole bunch of old photos depicting the history of the area as well as few artifacts. Eunice was caught trying to open the vault. I don't why she would need money unless she was really looking for the deed to the Rubber Chicken Forest, which is not even in this part of California. We later found a relative of some sorts made of something other than rubber.
Eunice and I hit the Performing Arts Center and the Irvine Museum. We expected the museum to have artifacts but instead had art work about Irvine. Painting, photos and some sculptures.
Next was the Irvine Historical Society which had lots and lots of artifacts. We checked out a saddle, played an old piano and got our photo taken with Merle Exit and some Native American Indian thing.
After that is was back to the hotel. There was this Taste of Irvine set up that had a lot of the local restaurants giving samples of their cuisine. The food was great although we were a bit pooped and didn't feel like taking photos.
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