Monday, August 14, we visited Montage Beach. Fabulous views.
The Arch at Montage Beach.
Beautiful Sand. Monday is a great day to visit the beach--it was empty.
The gardens were spectacular.
Cake Cutting Ceremony with families at MCRD. We travel to San Diego each week to meet the marines who will be coming to SOI and their families.
A tradition is to have the cake cut with a saber. The first piece of cake is given to the oldest marine to guarantee that it is not poisonous. He then feeds a piece to the youngest marine who verifies that it is edible. The marines also sing the marine song. It's a fun tradition.
The Orange County Arts Project performance of Beauty and the Beast.
The view of a gorgeous sunset from Camp Pendleton
We've had a wonderful week--even though we did not get glasses to watch the solar eclipse today. We used last Monday as our P-day (since we had been with PFC Constantine in San Diego the previous Saturday.) So, for an adventure we went to visit Montage Beach in Laguna Beach, CA. It was the prefect day for a visit--no crowds. The views were amazing. We sat on the beach and just enjoyed the salt air and warm sunshine for a few hours. We checked out the hotel prices for the Montage--at $1,000 per night, we'll probably just be enjoying the beach for free. That is one great thing about California, most of the beaches are free. We really enjoyed the beautiful location.
We visited some families on the base this week. We met the Dawsons. Their dad has been deployed several months and will return sometime in November. The family is amazing! We learned that the two youngest children were part of the Orange County Arts Project and were performing in Beauty and the Beast. So, we went to see them on Friday night. They were so excited to see us there. We felt like we were their surrogate grandparents--Spencer is 12 and Emma is 14. Since our grandchildren are not close by it was fun to support them. Spencer was Cogsworth and Emma played Mrs. Potts. The production was actually fantastic. Kids are so talented. We really enjoyed the evening and supporting this wonderful family. I'm sure we will be cheering them on in other activities in the future.
Thursday we drove to San Diego for the largest cake cutting to date. Got to meet seven new marines. We included a little about the traditional cake cutting by the picture above. It's always fun to be there to celebrate their graduation. The marine boot camp is one of the most rigorous in the military.
Saturday we visited three more charming families. It takes special people to make the Marines their career. It was fun letting them know that we are available to help them. We're building relationships one at a time but our circle of friends is getting larger each week. We pray that our marines will be safe as their serve our country. On our way home from visiting that night we shot this view of the sunset. It was a very rewarding evening and the drive home was especially beautiful.
Yesterday was nearly a disaster. It was supposed to be a very busy day but things kept getting cancelled. Brad was assigned to visit the marines at the range. He drove out to find no one was there. Most of the day was like that. Until we got to our final meeting of the day and we had 48 marines attend. That was pretty exciting.
We had a very fulfilling week. Hope you did too.
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