Jamie arrived back home on Friday night, a bit exhausted but glad he made the trip to England. He made it back just in time for the cemetery tour held every year in October. It was on Saturday and it's put on by the Santa Ana Historical Society. This year the topic was Place Names in Orange County. It is done in conjuction with the Orange County High School of the Arts - Thespian Club. Each year the students participate and act out skits. The tour is really worth it and it's great to see the little skits, it's definietly more entertaining than reading a handout or listening to a lecture. Plus the origin of street names and places is always interesting.
Here's a picture of one of the skits. This one was about Prentice Park (a.k.a. the Santa Ana zoo). Apparently, Judge Prentice loved monkeys and had quite a collection of them at his home. He granted the city the property as well as a $100,000 for animals and upkeep. There was a catch of course. The zoo had to have at least 50 monkeys on the property at any time. The city agreed and that is how the zoo got it's start. Recently, the monkey population went under 50 monkeys and a decendent of Judge Prentice quickly pointed out the need to acquire more monkeys (of course any other primate does not count, it must be monkeys) Luckily there was a birth of twins that year and the zoo was again keeping it's promise!
The tour is held at the Fairhaven Cemetery in Santa Ana. It's about two hours and you do walk all over the cemetery. It helps the historical society and educates us on Orange County history. I also enjoy it because it is the start of the Holiday Season; i.e. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We haven't decorated the front yard yet with Halloween decorations but I think that is a must for next weekend. Luckily, we did learn from last year and have started stocking up on Candy as we have an army of trick-or treaters in our neighborhood :)
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