As you read these blog entries you might reach the conclusion that I have nothing else to do. That would be an incorrect conclusion. Being semi-retired has taken me out of the daily business environment that I lived on for over 40 years. I do miss those staff meetings and the thrill of a job well done. I now have a less than successful business as a legal document assistant.
I am active in local politics, square dance at least once a week, tutor in computer use weekly, do some of the work around the house that was neglected for years, and travel to interesting places both local and long distant.
Yesterday was no exception. My wife and I traveled with a seniors group to Long Beach and Newport Beach Balboa Island (the island is actually a peninsula) http://www.balboapavilion.com/ . The twenty some crowd was very large, probably in the thousands. They were walking, skate boarding, and bicycling everywhere. The Ferris wheel and merry-go-round were very busy. The old ferry, it takes two cars across the bay, is still operating.
We rode the in the Catalina Flyer around the bay and returned home at 1:30 a.m. The traffic leaving was worse than getting there. It took two hours to leave that small town.
The fireworks display (seen from the Catalina Flyer) was as good as you could imagine and the people on the trip were interesting.
Now if I could just get the Balboa Pavilion Today web site to appear here. Who can tell me how to do that?
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