1988 - Acivities in San Diego

1988 Our lives in America
February, 1998   New model nearing completion. My workshop. We now live in Mission Valley as we near the end of our stay in San Diego February 27, 1988   Jenni at Mile Square Park posing with Bob's '57 Chevvy. March 4, 1988   We spend a weekend with the Fanchers in San Francisco.
These hang-gliders are off the coast about 10 miles south of the city. Looking south. A hang-glider is in the top left. Shareen Jenni and me. Ted and Shareen
We cross the Golden Gate on our way to Sausalito, an arty little town on the northern side. 1988 Early1988 0023 a this is the way the suspender cables attach to the main cables. Downtown San Francisco. The Transamerica building is the pointed one. It was the tallest building in San Francisco from its completion in 1972 until 2018.
Alcatraz Island; now a tourist spot. It was shut in 1973 as an economic and social disaster costing more than $90/day/per person; more than the Waldorf Astoria. Sausalito is a trendy area with lots of high end stores and restaurants. This is typical of the neat little stores in the area. The Fanchers and Jenni wander in front.
Circa April, 1988 I now have a new Pentax and what better subject could I have for its first shot? April 24, 1988 Jenni at Sigma Iota Epsilon initiation banquet. Vicki is a fellow initiate. The guest speaker has a lot of sensible things to say. Two of Jenni's study group, Caroline and Polly, come to our place to work.
This is Jim, part of the study group. Polly and Jim. 1988 Early1988 0192 a Saturday June 24, 1988   We have dinner at Kaz & Miyako's. See the cat? Jenni talks to the cat and it does not respond - at all. Kaz says, "Speak Japanese."
Miyako had prepared a marvelous Japanese meal. Sunday June 26, 1988> Next day we go flying at Mile Square Park. I'm flying my plane and it feels unresponsive, so I let it run out of fuel and land. After it lands, I can see that a pin has fallen out of the controls and has disconnected the elevators. Look at the flaps fully down but the elevators are in Neutral. Bob and Jenni at Mile Square Park. Kaz uses a four blade propeller. He uses these propellers for quite some time thereafter. End of this segment