Update on Beach gathering September 12th

OK Everyone! Just wanted to post an update on the Bech party I posted before. I originally said "South Mission", but after some very sagely advise from someone who knows a lot more than I (Higgy-baby!), we are looking at Mission Beach, just South of the Roller Coaster. There is a grassy area and BBQ available, and of course, the fire pits! So, if you are interested, please show up! I will give more details in days to come.

Thanks everyone!!! :)

Beach Bon-fire planned at South Mission on the 12th of September!

I posted something about this on Facebook (late June/Early July) about trying to organize a Bon-Fire at South Mission before the end of the summer before my Dad took ill. Well, it is time to start planning on this again. In fact, after my Dad’s funeral talking to Jesse, Lee, Joel, Dan and Deb and Kevin the whole “wouldn’t it be good if we got together on the beach…?” conversation came up! So, in getting with the above mentioned folks it seems that a good day will be Saturday, September 12th, 2009 for a gathering of folks from Kearny/Taft and any invitees at South Mission. Are you from Mission Village? Serra Mesa? You should be there! :)

We will try and get a Fire ring so we can have a fire into the evening. (We may need some wood to be brought!) Bring your own food and drink (I understand Mission has banned alcohol…?) and let’s have some fun!

Time: ? TBD (More info to come, but I know some cannot make it until after 4 pm. My son and I will want to be there earlier in the day though to exhibit our Boogie-boarding prowess! :)

Let me know if you have any questions. If you need my email address, let me know. (I don’t publish it publicly on here…) More details to come!

Not ALWAYS a desert dweller!

Now, just because I have spent a lot of time in the Southwest and speak so highly of the beauty of New Mexico and Arizona does NOT mean that I am all about the dry, arid climates! Attached are some pictures I have taken of some beautiful "beachy" spots I have enjoyed. From growing up in "America's Finest City" (known as San Diego, CA), to living a few years on Catalina Island, to a trip to Puerto Rico, I LOVE the ocean and life around the water! So enjoy some of these scenic pictures taken in some of the most beautiful locations I have visited. And I promise to see if I can dig up some old pictures of me with my long hair in my teenage years...! Yikes! I don't know if anyone would really want to see those! :) But I thought it would be fun (if I can find them!) to post some old pictures of beach trips from the early to mid- 1980's...

OH! and since time in the sun usually means a sunburn now and then, I have provided my favorite sunburn picture for you to see...

OH! (Part 2) If you look at the picture of Avalon Harbor and the houses looking down at the pier, you will see an apartment building circled in red. That is the apartment that we used to live in! Wow!...Still trying to remember WHY we left...! LOL :)

Talk soon!