Mr. Jones wrote:I never want to live in California...
I just like to visit every two decades or so...
When we left in 1976 I NEVER wanted to go back. Military sent me for desert training at Ft Irwin in the 80's and GM would fly me there at least 5 times a year in the mid to late 90's. I kept saying that each visit was going to be my last.
I would like to take my wife there though. Griffith's Observatory and museum, Redwood forest, sit on a bench in Carmel By The Sea and take that all in again, Stop somewhere in the Mojave and watch the sun go down and take in all the stars, watch the sun go down from Catalina Island and one she'd really love...to visit the mission in San Juan Capistrano when the swallows return. Just to show her the spots that left it's mark on me and why California used to be a wonderful place to live.
I really don't want to go, but to see it through her eyes would be nice.