Labor day weekend, the unofficial end to summer, and a moment of reflection on the summer that was. For us, it began on June 25, when we left Newport to drive to Los Angeles; arriving 5500 miles later. We enriched our view of the United States, still having seen only a small part of what the country has to offer. For my part, the greatest change was the west. It’s natural beauty and sheer vastness. It truly has a different scale of time, distance and size. It is hard to pinpoint the singular moments and places that most touched us.
It also marked our 40 wedding anniversary; a milestone that we were able to enjoy in a different way; crossing the country to see our children and grandchildren.
Congratulations on reaching 40 years together. Joan and I reached 42 – and this was after 15 year warmups with first mates.
Handsome pictures, as always. If that was the Hearst swimmng pool, I swam there as a kid when my father was Hearst’s star humorist.