Looking forward to the long weekend....
Did a bike ride yesterday down to the beach. In places there was a fair bit of smoke in the air due to a few fires. Started off in Marina del Rey as usual.... A few people out enjoying the water... The Strand was very quiet, I guess people were waiting fo...
That looks like Palos Verdes Peninsula in the distance
Ah, remembering the olde days I spent in the South Bay area mostly courting my wife, hanging out at her dad's hardware store, and working in the aircraft factory near Torrance Airport. Cazalea ...
Yup it is. I bet the beach houses back then werenāt mansions like they are now.
Iām guessing the Strand wasnāt even there then.
Iām not THAT old!
My first view of the area was about 1969 when I started working just off the Torrance airportās SE end, by the bowling alley. I remember we did have electricity at the plantā¦ stamping out wing ribs on a hydro-forming machine then folding the edges ā¦ in fa...
You were in Marina Del Rey yesterday while I was in . . .
. . . Boyle Heights. š¤Ø Why, you might ask? Mom's parents are buried in the oldest cemetery in LA, so I took her there for likely the last time. A three-hour round trip is too difficult for her to handle anymore. The gunshot that greeted us when we arrived...