Saturday 3^rd November

I became friendly with the hotel clerk, Carlos who gave me a number of activities to do today.  He recommended we see the Crystal Cathedral about 3 km from the hotel.  This cathedral in its heyday was the domain of Rev. Robert Schiller, an evangelist who broadcast “The Hour of Power” across many TV stations, and I do remember seeing it on Australian TV at some time.  The family has been fractured with siblings fighting with each other over the millions it has made, so much so that the church declared bankruptcy and was sold to the Catholics.  It looks like it is still functioning to an extent, however the LA newspapers indicate the court case is nearly at an end. It was too difficult to take my own photo, however this one from the net does show how beautiful this cathedral is.

We walked further down the road on a very hot Saturday morning to find the Orange County Outlet Mall, where unnecessary retail shopping was done and it was like having too much to eat at dinner.  We brought the goodies back to the hotel and then wondered how we were going to pack them in the suitcase.  This trip the USA postal service will be seeing a bit more of us as we send parcels home ahead of ourselves.

We found a lovely seafood buffet restaurant about 3km from the hotel, so by the time we had enjoyed too much of a good thing we felt heartened by the fact that we could walk home and feel more comfortable.