To My Parents
I was fortunate to find a job in San Diego after my stint in the navy.
San Diego is a city I love. A love affair formed from childhood memories of summer trips to the ocean. I live blocks from the old icehouse. It was always our first stop in San Diego to refill the ice chests after crossing the desert. The icehouse was just very recently demolished and hadn’t been used in some time. When my kids were growing up I would take them camping at the same beaches we used to go to, San Elijo, Cardiff and Silver Strand. When we go for drives in the county we often stop at the same Frosty Burger in Pine Valley; the very same Frosty Burger we would sometimes stop at before dropping back into the desert for the trip home. I’m sure you remember it, it is across the street from the county park in Pine Valley, where we would unpack ourselves from the cramped car and stretch our legs.
San Diego is changing. Like I say, the icehouse is now gone, Pine Valley is nearly a city in itself, the beaches are nearly impossible to get into but my memories are forever.
Thanks mom & dad
Love you,
James