By the way, talking about the Blue Angels.... I used to live near the beach (still country then) between Torrey Pines Park and Del Mar.
And we could ride our bikes, or later drive our cars, about 10 miles east through Sorrento Valley to Miramar Road, which skirted Miramar Naval Airbase (the Marines are there now) on the west side.
We'd get out our binoculars and take in the whole Blue Angels show for free. And they were fabulous then too.
It's all developed now, but it was open brush and grasslands in that part of the county...lot of rattlesnakes and kangaroo rats, jack rabbits, etc. It was like paradise for a teenage boy...beach, hiking and rabbit hunting, and it was like an hour or less to the mountains...
If you saw Paula's photos of her trip north of Morro Bay with the grass and cattle, you will have a good idea of what San Diego County looked like from about where Sea World is now north and east. There were small communities here and there, but it was totally undeveloped right after WWII...like I said, paradise.
The Blue Angel were and are great.
Have a good night and a very good Thursday morning.
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Were you pleased with the winner of Dancing with the Stars? Apollo was my favorite.
GOOD NIGHT ALL--
GOOD MORNING SUZ.
I am calling it a night!
Good Night Everyone
Pleasant dreams & peaceful sleep
REMEMBER TO GO OVER TO THE
WED/THUR THREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT
Apollo was great! Glad he won - love his speed skating too!
Good evening, everybody... what happened today? There are very few comments on the blog and the blog time has jumped an hour ahead.
Jim
By the way, talking about the Blue Angels.... I used to live near the beach (still country then) between Torrey Pines Park and Del Mar.
And we could ride our bikes, or later drive our cars, about 10 miles east through Sorrento Valley to Miramar Road, which skirted Miramar Naval Airbase (the Marines are there now) on the west side.
We'd get out our binoculars and take in the whole Blue Angels show for free. And they were fabulous then too.
It's all developed now, but it was open brush and grasslands in that part of the county...lot of rattlesnakes and kangaroo rats, jack rabbits, etc. It was like paradise for a teenage boy...beach, hiking and rabbit hunting, and it was like an hour or less to the mountains...
If you saw Paula's photos of her trip north of Morro Bay with the grass and cattle, you will have a good idea of what San Diego County looked like from about where Sea World is now north and east. There were small communities here and there, but it was totally undeveloped right after WWII...like I said, paradise.
The Blue Angel were and are great.
Have a good night and a very good Thursday morning.
Jim
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