Awake: 5:15am Temp 50 sleep 6+05 sunny overnight @ San Diego,CA.
(2) days ago, Larry asked for a favor; he, Sallie, & one of their daughters are flying to N.Y.C. this morning (Wednesday), another daughter tomorrow, to celebrate their son, Alex's, engagement and attend the party in his & his fiancée's honor. Of course I was delighted to do this for them as they have toured us around so much in San Diego.
So @ 5:30am, driving our Suzuki, I headed up the hill to their daughter's home, helped Larry & Sallie put suitcases in their car & I rode to the airport with them. After a sincere bon voyage to them all, I brought Larry's car back to their daughter's home, & then returned to our campground in our Suzuki.
Today is Ash Wednesday for us Catholics, so K & I attended the 7:30am Mass @ St. Brigid Church & got ashes on our foreheads. Then we returned to our coach, had breakfast, & then motored to the main downtown post office, about (4) miles away.
Such a huge building! We went inside, stood in line for a mere (10) min & watched my special large envelope get fed into the system. As we exited the building, Kathy spotted a plaque on the wall. Well, well, finally I realized what happened to the famous Dutch Flats.
This is the airport ( a huge main Post Office building now) where Lindbergh had his Spirit of St. Louis built & tested. He took off with less than (50) people knowing where he was going, flew to St. Louis, then Long Island New York. The next day he made the historic non-stop flight from Long Island to Paris, France in 1927.
Here is what Google had to say about this Dutch Flats field: Lindbergh Field began life as Dutch Flats, a smelly, insect-infested tidal marsh on San Diego Bay. William Kettner, an influential congressman whose house overlooked this eyesore, was in a position to do something about it. In 1919, he convinced Major General Joseph Pendleton that Dutch Flats was the perfect location for the Marine Corps Advance Base Force.
T. Claude Ryan thought Dutch Flats was perfect, too, and he moved his Ryan Flying School next to the Marines. Then T. Claude Ryan switched to building aircraft. In 1927, a special order came in, and in just 60 days, Ryan built a plane for a young St. Louis pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh.
Days after Lindbergh made his historic solo flight from New York to Paris, the Chamber of Commerce named San Diego's new airport after him. When it was dedicated in 1928, San Diego Municipal Airport - Lindbergh Field was the first federally-approved airport in the United States.
So this property, the huge P.O. is sitting on, is part of the ole famous Dutch Flats. How interesting!
From here, we went directly to Costco & stocked up on groceries soon to be needed.
Back in our motorhome & about 5:25pm, Nick called while walking home from work. He seemed especially cheery as he spoke.... & then he announced the news.....no, the baby still has a few weeks before greeting our world. But "Congratulations to Nick" are in order, as he has been promoted to Director of Product Management with Isilon. He will still do some traveling & give talks, but that will just be added to the list of other obligations. We discussed other topics & gabbed for a total of (19) min.
Later, Melissa called & we shared our talk time in lieu of using the split cord system. She has given up using their computer during Lent & wanted us to know that. All totaled, we spoke with her for over (47) min. I enjoyed hearing her report on how the boys are doing with all the snow, the candle lit nights, sled riding, etc. We miss our grandsons during our winter travel.
Dinner: Clam chowder with extra clams & oyster crackers.
We watched our pre-recorded programs & no movie tonight.
Lights out: 11:51pm.
(2) days ago, Larry asked for a favor; he, Sallie, & one of their daughters are flying to N.Y.C. this morning (Wednesday), another daughter tomorrow, to celebrate their son, Alex's, engagement and attend the party in his & his fiancée's honor. Of course I was delighted to do this for them as they have toured us around so much in San Diego.
So @ 5:30am, driving our Suzuki, I headed up the hill to their daughter's home, helped Larry & Sallie put suitcases in their car & I rode to the airport with them. After a sincere bon voyage to them all, I brought Larry's car back to their daughter's home, & then returned to our campground in our Suzuki.
Today is Ash Wednesday for us Catholics, so K & I attended the 7:30am Mass @ St. Brigid Church & got ashes on our foreheads. Then we returned to our coach, had breakfast, & then motored to the main downtown post office, about (4) miles away.
Such a huge building! We went inside, stood in line for a mere (10) min & watched my special large envelope get fed into the system. As we exited the building, Kathy spotted a plaque on the wall. Well, well, finally I realized what happened to the famous Dutch Flats.
This is the airport ( a huge main Post Office building now) where Lindbergh had his Spirit of St. Louis built & tested. He took off with less than (50) people knowing where he was going, flew to St. Louis, then Long Island New York. The next day he made the historic non-stop flight from Long Island to Paris, France in 1927. Here is what Google had to say about this Dutch Flats field: Lindbergh Field began life as Dutch Flats, a smelly, insect-infested tidal marsh on San Diego Bay. William Kettner, an influential congressman whose house overlooked this eyesore, was in a position to do something about it. In 1919, he convinced Major General Joseph Pendleton that Dutch Flats was the perfect location for the Marine Corps Advance Base Force.
T. Claude Ryan thought Dutch Flats was perfect, too, and he moved his Ryan Flying School next to the Marines. Then T. Claude Ryan switched to building aircraft. In 1927, a special order came in, and in just 60 days, Ryan built a plane for a young St. Louis pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh.
Days after Lindbergh made his historic solo flight from New York to Paris, the Chamber of Commerce named San Diego's new airport after him. When it was dedicated in 1928, San Diego Municipal Airport - Lindbergh Field was the first federally-approved airport in the United States.
So this property, the huge P.O. is sitting on, is part of the ole famous Dutch Flats. How interesting!
From here, we went directly to Costco & stocked up on groceries soon to be needed.
Back in our motorhome & about 5:25pm, Nick called while walking home from work. He seemed especially cheery as he spoke.... & then he announced the news.....no, the baby still has a few weeks before greeting our world. But "Congratulations to Nick" are in order, as he has been promoted to Director of Product Management with Isilon. He will still do some traveling & give talks, but that will just be added to the list of other obligations. We discussed other topics & gabbed for a total of (19) min.
Later, Melissa called & we shared our talk time in lieu of using the split cord system. She has given up using their computer during Lent & wanted us to know that. All totaled, we spoke with her for over (47) min. I enjoyed hearing her report on how the boys are doing with all the snow, the candle lit nights, sled riding, etc. We miss our grandsons during our winter travel.
Dinner: Clam chowder with extra clams & oyster crackers.
We watched our pre-recorded programs & no movie tonight.
Lights out: 11:51pm.
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