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Prior to a few weeks ago, if someone playing the word association game with me had said, "San Clemente;" I would've answered, "Nixon."  (His house in San Clemente was nicknamed the "Western White House" pre-Watergate.)  I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say that most people don't associate Richard Nixon with FUN.  Thus, when our good friend recommended San Clemente for a keep-the-kids-occupied-so-they-won't-bother-us outing, I was understandably skeptical.  Where was he going to suggest we play next?  The Reagan Library?

Yet, my friend had already earned some serious street cred.  Last year he organized a METROLINK train trip to visit the petting zoo in San Juan Capistrano.  That adventure was a HUGE SUCCESS:

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