5-8 September: When in southern California, we often try to get to Coronado to see Paul’s brother Bob (92) and sister-in-law Marilyn (turning 90 in October). They live a day’s drive from Monterey, where Abby lives now. It’s a long drive, though, especially on a holiday weekend, so we took an hour’s break for lunch at the grassy and shaded Los Angeles National Cemetery and visited with Amy’s niece Kathy and her husband Bahrad and son Arash (2).
Bob and Marilyn’s house is within short walking distance of both the beach (we dipped into the surf one hot afternoon) and a wide selection of shops and restaurants (we sampled a different one each night for dinner). A bonus while visiting with them is that one night we got together for dinner with their son Robb and his wife Rosa, who also live in Coronado. Bob and Paul enjoyed looking through a couple of old family photo albums with several pictures dating from the 1920s and 1930s, including Canadian relatives whom Paul never met. Meanwhile, Marilyn and Amy easily found local shops to visit. One day Bob led us on a bike tour of the historical district in and around Hotel Del Coronado and then south along the bike path on the Silver Strand.
