Sunday at the Zoo

by Pa Rock

This summer marks fifty years since my last visit to the San Diego Zoo. Today I made the trip with my son and grandson. My fondest wish for young Boone is that fifty years from now he can have the same pleasure of sharing the zoo with his children and grandchildren. Seeing the zoo again through the eyes of a child was a very special experience!

My Aunt Mary met us at the harbor this evening for soft drinks and conversation. No visit to San Diego is complete without spending some time with that very sweet lady! (Aunt Mary was with me the last time that I went to the San Diego Zoo!)

Tomorrow we are headed back to Hellizona!

Family Trip

My son, Nick, and his son, Boone, are visiting from West Plains, MO. Tomorrow morning we are driving across the desert and mountains to San Diego, CA, where Boone will see the ocean for the first time. We will also be spending a day at the San Diego Zoo. And sometime during the long weekend we will catch up with my aunt, Mary Day Macy King, who has lived in or around San Diego since the end of World War II.

May your weekend be as wonderful as mine!

Pa Rock

Happy Birthday, Nick! (July 24, 1973)

Yes, my eldest child turned 35 yesterday. Nicholas Karl Macy was born on Okinawa in 1973 at the U.S. Army Hospital at Camp Kue, and he spent his first two months of life on that tiny island. If I wind up with the time and the resources, one of my greatest hopes is to be able to take Nick and his son, Boone, back to Okinawa so that he can see where he entered the world.

Nick and Boone are coming to Arizona next Thursday, and Friday I am whisking them off to a long weekend in San Diego where Boone will experience the ocean for the first time, and we all will spend one day at a world class zoo! Someday I'm going to start taking Sebastian on holiday also!

So, Nick, happy birthday - one day late. I love you and I remain very proud of you!

Dad