Last weekend before attending a lame civil war battle re-enactment in Simi Valley (about an hour from our house) we decided to maximize the drive and stopped in to visit the Reagan Presidential Library. This museum is not unlike others in that many artifacts and remembrances of Reagan's whole life and careers are on display. But what's interesting here is that it houses Air Force One, used in service as recently as Bush 43's early presidency and his 5 predecessors. This picture shows us giving the presidential wave as we entered the surprisingly diminutive aircraft. The infamous plane was retired to make way for a more modern and technologically advanced world. We were quite rushed making this last minute pit-stop and didn't get to see every exhibit missing the oval office display and the president's burial site in particular. I guess we'll have to make another trip to take it all in. The highlight and most moving moment for me, however, is the 4 ton chunk of the Berlin wall. Its stature and symbolism take me right back to that momentous day of freedom and redemption when Reagan demanded that Gorbi tear down the wall. This place, for the scenic vistas alone, gets a couple of thumbs up from me.
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