March Field air Museum

To celebrate Gordon's birthday we went to a place he has been wanting to go for a long time, the March Field Air Museum. Gordon is a pilot and likes airplanes..... so he was in heaven here!

Captive, reading the history of the activities of each airplane before they were bought here.
Airplanes here have play and important role in history.

This is the B-17 that flew in Europe with England dropping
bombs over Germany

B-25 Mitchell. Same type of airplane in the Doolittle raid on Japan.
They flew the plane off an aircraft carrier to bomb Japan a few months after Pearl Harbor.

Early fuel air tanker

SR-71. Fastest thing in the sky -- or used to be.

This is the largest airplane. Longest serving aircraft the US still uses -- B-52

Gordon looking inside

Atomic bombs were carried inside here before dropped

Gordon did ride in one of this kind when he was in aviation school at PUC

A Day at Balboa Park - Ethnic Food, Garden and the Zoo

We visited Balboa Park about three weeks ago and had the greatest day! There was an Ethnic Food Fair, cultural music and cultural dances that day. They had a stage in the middle of all the food booths area with a full schedule of entrenchment one after the other all day long.

Our favorite was guitar music

There were also all kinds of dances

There was an Ethnic Food Fair.
Hundreds of countries had their own booth selling their typical food.
We ate at the house of Lebanon.

Enjoying the flowers at one of the Balboa Park gardens

The flowers were just beautiful!

We also enjoyed a complete organ concert. This organ is huge and is outdoors. Pretty neat:-)
After the concert, they lead us in a short tour of the inside of the organ. Impressive!

Us enjoying the organ concert. They have umbrellas to protect us from the sun while enjoying the organ music.

We also visited the zoo. The zoo is also in Balboa Park.
The zoo is very big, so we were only able to visit one section before it closed and 5pm.
Following are just a few pictures of the zoo animals.

The elephants were great. It was feeding time so they were busy eating.

Lot's a fur for a camel. This is because this camels are from South America.
I did not know that there were camels native of South America

This camel was walking around staring at me.

I never been in such a close approximation to zebras. They were so close that I was able to appreciate how beautiful they are.

The hipos were swimming so close that people felt like reaching out and try to touch them.

They have great birds exhibit in this cages that are so big that people are in the cages with the birds. This bird was giving us a show.

A Visit from My Parents

My parents came to visit us for a few days. We were so happy to have them in our house.
My mother cooked delicious meals for us and we had a great time eating them.

Gordon and my parents eating at our back yard.

My father got sick while visiting us. He suddenly had a Gout Attack. He had two of this attacks before so he knew the symptoms. His feet swelled, got purple and they hurt him very bad. It happened very fast. His feet got very bad in just a couple hours. He was in so much pain. We had to call his doctor back in Sacramento in the middle of the night and were able to get him on a medication to help with the gout attack and the pain. We had to help him walk every time he needed to walk. But he was in good spirit and enjoying the visit. He is a good patient:-) He did not want to miss anything. He participated in everything.

My sweet parents and I.

They were not able to come to church with us like we planned because it was hard and painful for him to walk. He was trying to not do much walking and rest his feet because he wanted to be able to walk better the next day for the reunion with his sister Marta in San Diego. (His sister Marta, her husband Beto and Janet one of their daughters had come to San Diego from Miami for a business trip for just a few days. The plan was to meet with them for a day). So they stayed home resting while Gordon and I went to church. We borrowed a wheelchair from our church for my father to use. The wheelchair helped him so much.

Dad eating some of Gordon's homemade popcorn.

His feet were hurting so much. He could only walk a few step and had to sit down.
We felt very bad for him. But he is a good patient. Very optimistic and positive. He wanted to enjoy every minute of their visit and did not want to miss in anything.

The Mini Reunion

We drove to San Diego to take my father to meet with his sister Marta. She and her husband tio Beto live in Miami Florida. One of their daughters Janet had to come to San Diego in a business trip and brought them with her. They have not seen each other in over 5 years and now they were face to face. They were so excited! We met at the lobby of their hotel. They looked so much forward to spending this day together. It was a mini reunion of one day full of joy!

Brother and sister did not know what to do with each other. They were hugging, holding hands, talking and kissing each other. There were a lot other chairs in the hotel lobby, but they just wanted to sit on the same chair together very close to each other. This went on for a good half hour. It was so beautiful to watch:-)

Gordon and tio Beto connected right away and had long conversations.
Tio Beto speaks English fluently.

We went up to their hotel room on the 28th floor to be in a more private place to visit with each other. From their hotel room they had a great view of the San Diego harbor.

Tio Beto and Dad sitting by the window of their hotel room.

Tia Marta and Dad (beautiful brother and sister)

They were so glad to see and be with each other. Lots of catching up to do:-)

Taking My Parents and Tios for a Walk at Balboa Park

Since my tio Beto and tia Marta had already been to the coastal San Diego's sight seeing areas when they visited five years ago. We decided to take them to Balboa Park. We also needed a one stop place that was wheelchair accessible. Balboa Park was perfect because it is mostly flat and full of sideways and ramps. This was the weekend of the Earth Day Fair at Balboa Park and it was full of people. There were hundreds of booths, outdoor shows, entertainment, and outdoor music..... It was also an unusual hot day for San Diego.

Dad, tio Beto and tia Marta.
Tio Beto pushed my dad in his wheelchair everywhere we went.

We stopped at a shaded area and did a lot of people watching and great conversation.
It was very joyful to hang out with the family.

My mom. The first Zulita:-)

Enjoying the Botanic Garden at Balboa Park.
We sat her for a good hour enjoying the garden and great conversation. Bother and sister had a lot catching up to do.

Dad, mom, tia Marta, tio Beto and Gordon

Dad trying to listen to one of my tia Marta's great stories as tio Beto pushes him and we walk around Balboa Park.

Tio Beto, dad, tia Marta, mom and I (Gordon took the picture)
Enjoying some drinks and great conversation at one of the eating places at Balboa Park.
We sat here at this patio for some good two hours. There was a great breeze at this patio, perfect for a hot day. It was so much fun!!! Tia Marta is sure a great storyteller! I can listen to her all day:-)

Helping dad walk to the car

Mi prima Janet did not go to Balboa Park with us because she was here in a Business trip and was busy all day. But we met her in the evening and we walked one of the streets of the San Diego Gas Lamp Distric and ate at a Mexican restaurant.

My parents and tio Beto and tia Marta at the Mexican restaurant.

All of us after eating. My parents, Tio Beto, tia Marta, Janet, Gordon and I.
Thank you for the Mexican food querida Janet:-)

After enjoying the beautiful sunset of the San Diego harbor from the hotel room window where they were staying. It was time to say, Adios:-(

Dad thanking tio Beto for pushing him in the wheelchair all day.
Tio Beto is by nature such a noble soul:-)



Back at my house a different day.
My dad and I the morning they were going back to Sacramento.
Here is when he is about to enjoy the fresh fruit/vegetable smoothie I prepared for him.