A California Birthday: A Bottjer Tradition
For the last several years we have celebrated my birthday in California, where 2 of my sons live. We spent a weekend at The Inn at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano. It’s delightful. You can walk to the mission and all kinds of restaurants.
The picture of the Mission was taken by my daughter-in-law Sarah, who is married to my eldest son David. They live in Los Angeles.
The mission is also near the home of my son John. His house has a viewing spot on the top of it where you can see the Pacific Ocean and where he took the pictures below of the sunset and moon rise.
Sunset over the Pacific
Turn south from the sunset and there is the Hunters’ moon rising over the Pacific
Usually, my Eastern son Paul, who lives in Connecticut comes with me, but he injured his back and couldn’t make it this year. It’s a small family but we have fun together.
Marilyn Bottjer
Westward Ho! with Carolyn Reiss
Carolyn Reiss’s trip to Seattle was expanded to a visit to Victoria, British Columbia.
We spent hours in the Butchart Garden of Victoria
The Butchart Garden dahlias
A walkway from our AirBnB led into town and to Beacon Hill Park, a major bird sanctuary.
At Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, a park within city limits, along with the bird sanctuary
Another bird sanctuary is only a short drive outside Victoria.
Back in Seattle, we discovered an unusual sculpture. Could you imagine a giant statue of Lenin in Sleepy Hollow—or anywhere here, for that matter?