I headed southwest from Joshua Tree to Bonita, in San Diego County, to once again connect with family I hadn't seen in forever (my Mom's side this time): the very fabulous Uncle Bob, Aunt Nancy and Cousin Bobby! The last time I saw them was 1988, when my sister and I tore up the California coast with Bobby in tow. I wish I had some old pics from that trip to include here...we were oh so young and required oh so much less sleep!
The San Diego area is so familiar and so foreign to me. What I recognized felt a little disjointed, like puzzle pieces out of place, because the area is so much bigger than I remember. We toured Coronado and drove by my sweet little Nana's old house - the house is still there and looks pretty much the same, but the town has grown up so much around it. Bobby and I hit Old Town San Diego, where the ladies still make the tortillas fresh in the front of the Old Town Cafe. I remembered the place, remembered having dinner there, and knew where we were headed, but I didn't recognize it until there was a parting of the sea of tourists crowding the streets!
The area is so much bigger and more congested than I remember. Cars and people everywhere...I have decided on this journey that I much prefer wide open spaces to big cities...
But the gift in this stopover was spending time with my family - catching up, sharing old stories and new, comparing memories (and deciding whose was more accurate). The humor and the love may be older, but they are as familiar and fresh and wonderful as ever.
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| The Fabulous Family |
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| Nana's house |
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| Sunset Cliffs |
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