I
love California; this is my fourth trip to Cali in the past three years.
The
first was after graduating from StFX, we went to Anaheim to visit Disneyland.
The
second was to San Fran and Napa and Alcatraz.
The
third was at this time last year to San Diego. We also visited Laguna Beach and
made a quick trip into Anaheim to check out a Ducks game.
This
year we are back in San Diego, we did again go back to Anaheim and visited
Disneyland again.
But,
lets stop in San Diego first. We did a lot in our first couple of days, we
visited Kevin’s favourite stop in San Diego the Midway and then spent the
afternoon at one of my favourite places, Coronado.
The
USS Midway Museum is very interesting, now that we know Kevin will swearing in
to the military in a couple of weeks it makes it even more special. This is the
second time we have visited the Midway and some of same Veterans who served on
the Midway were there telling the same stories that they were telling last year
when we were visiting. We did see
some new parts of the Midway, but we did not spend as long on the ship as we
did last time.
I
clearly did not learn a key lesson from the Midway last year. If you ever go to
the Midway do not wear a free flowing dress or skirt, I imagine something a
little tighter fitting would be better than my choice of dresses. But, with all
of the vertical latter type staircases it is not prime dress wearing space.
There
are a lot of great photo-ops on the Midway and lots to learn. There are free
audio tours so you can walk around and pick and choose what you want to listen
to depending on the zones. Also, you can take guided tours through different
areas of the ship and check out discussions on the deck about varying elements
of working on an aircraft carrier.
I
think the USS Midway is a great place for everyone to check out at least once;
it also has a great view of one of my favourite statues, Unconditional
Surrender or “The Kiss” as some people call it. I absolutely love it! Lots of
people say it is a must to take a kiss photo at its feet. Unconditional
Surrender is a gigantic recreation of the iconic photo taken at Times Square in
New York.
After
visiting the Midway we took the terrifying bridge over to Coronado. I love
Coronado, you may recognize the incredible Hotel del Coronado from the Marilyn
Monroe film ‘Some Like It Hot’. You can feel all of the history when you walk
through the door to the hotel; the beach is absolutely incredible as well.
If
you are a big Marilyn Monroe fan you will love Hotel del Coronado, it is a
Mecca of Marilyn (in a classy way).
I
love roaming around Coronado; it is like taking a trip back in time. We have
taken a little break from keto living over the past couple of weeks in
preparation for a big cut coming up when we get back to B.C., so we enjoyed
milkshakes at a 50s style Diner (jukeboxes and all)!
Coming
up in my next blog all the details on the most expensive night of my life and
turning into a five year old at Disneyland.
After capturing on of the smallest sculptures on Castlegar’s
Sculpture Walk yesterday, “Sova” today I have a large sculpture for you that
can be found among other works outside of Castlegar City Hall and the Castlegar
RCMP Detachment. “The Kiss” is absolutely beautiful, the way the sun hits it
makes it an inspirational piece of aluminum art to behold. Dedicated to all of
the loving hearts separated by law, “The Kiss” is not only significant because
of its physical majesty but because of it’s message. 
