How neat! Yeah Long Beach wasn't the nicest place in the world when I lived there. Actually the roller coaster was no longer (there that I know of) when I lived there, and I was on-base daily! I liked the base bowling alley though!

The board walk I am thinking of must have been one we visited after getting stationed in Monterey CA and up the coast from Monterey. I keep wanting to say the name of the place started with a j but I am unsure. I just know it was fun, I will call my son and get the name of it....ok it was _______ (I will fill in the blank whe he calls me back and let's me know).

I actually consider myself very lucky as I got to see quite a bit of Cali! A very diverse and beautiful state! Too populated, and people totally ruin it, but what a beautiful state if you did not have that!

Possibly the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, one of the oldest.

Yes California is/was a very diverse and beautiful state. The land of fruits and nuts. Hollywood is no longer "Hollywood". I live a mile or so from Buena Park (Knott's Berry Farm) and farther down the road in Anaheim is Disneyland. The Wax Museum was famous and is gone now. Lots of history in the state, good and bad. Haight/Ashbury in San Francisco in the 60's was kool. I lived a block away from that intersection at that time.

CanMan it was Santa Cruz! My son called me back late last night and let me know, I was too tired to get on-line by that time:) Yes there are some fabulous places to visit in CA, and the weather is most excellent all year long! AND.....The fog does burn off:D

I can truly say you will never have a lack of something to do if you live in CA! The State Park system in and of itself is enough to keep one busy for Many Weekends worth of activity! I like that they are all free, or used to be as best I can remember:)

CanMan there is a Horse Track near where you live that I used to like to take the kids and visit, we would watch the races and pretend to be gambling. So much fun!

That would be the Los Alamitos Race Track I believe, just South of me a few miles. The Santa Anita track is farther North.

Yes Los Alamitos Race Track, there was once a horse named "Cathy's Cash". I never gambled but my girlfriend she did, and she picked ole' "Cathy's Cash" one night that she went, but I didn't go that night, well lo and behold that ole' Filly came in 1st place! You know my friend made my brood & I a homemade feast of Grilled Corned Beef Reuben sandwiches on rye, and she made it all from scratch - well except the rye bread:D She was truly glad that she had met me:D

Well enough about that......


Gazpacho where'd ya' go my friend? When you get the chance come on back and let us know how you are enjoying the Technical University. Are you planning on graduating soon? And when you do what are your dreams, and aspirations? Anymore trips to America in the near furure? I hope it is all going well for you and that you are making good grades! And are you ever planning on learning how to cook?

Cathy