On Old Historical Route 66 in Seligman, AZ, we spotted this interesting cafe. We didn’t have the guts to look at the menu, (or the menu to look at the guts?)
Travel
London Bridge in Arizona
Over the next few days, we will be posting one of the pictures from our summer vacation. Today, we stopped at Lake Havasu City, AZ and got this picture of the restored London Bridge:
Old Guys Rule
When we visit Catalina Island (once or twice a year) we always shop along the main drag (Crescent Avenue) and some of the side streets and mini-malls. I like to get “Old Guys Rule” merchandise, since I pretty much identify with that thought process. OGR stuff is sold throughout Southern California, but is especially abundant on the island. 
There are Old Guys Rule t-shirts, license plates, coffee mugs, beer mugs, picture frames, towels, boxer shorts, hats and more.
Once in a while, an “Old Guys Rule” article will shrink (a lot of my stuff seems to shrink in the closet these days) and Damsel will appropriate it ’cause she likes the stuff too. It makes me feel good when she wears it since she lets me rule sometimes and I think it looks cute on her.
Catalina Island Thanks the Firefighters
The Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce reports that there was no damage done to the city of Avalon in last month’s near-disastrous wildfires. They also report that things are mostly back to normal and encourage a resumption of tourism to the island. In a tribute area on their website, the Chamber posted a photographic tribute to the Firefighters that beat back the flames in mid-May.
As a family that enjoys our Catalina visits (we were married in Avalon and go back often), we thank the firefighters also.
Catalina Fire
UPDATE: New Panoramas added at the bottom.
There is a wildfire on Catalina Island this evening. Near real time pictures are available on the Catalina Interior Webcam from Los Angeles Coastal Monitoring Network “interior webcam.”
I made this composite panoramic view of the fire at just after 7:20 PM (Pacific Daylight Time) this evening. Click on the panoramas for a full-sized view.
Update – 7:50 PM:
More updates below the fold.
Blustery Day
We had to do a few personal chores today, not the least of which was to get Damsel’s sutures removed. After that, I took my wheels to the shop for maintenance, so while we were waiting for the work to be finished, we jumped in Damsel’s convertible and went over the Palos Verdes Peninsula to look at the waves and feel the gusting winds blowing at near gale force. She got this nice shot of the Point Vicente Lighthouse with Santa Catalina Island in the distance. Whitecaps and choppy seas can be seen in the Catalina Channel.
An Aloe of Some Sort
I’m having a busy day today, errands, working, installing the new computer, etc. So I will stick up a picture I took last weekend during a little side trip we took to a local whale watching site. They happened to have a few botanical specimens around the grounds, so I snapped this picture of an aloe something or another. Damsel usually takes these flower photos but her camera was having a ‘retarded blond’ moment where it didn’t seem be able to focus or function. Damsel is a summer blond — those are her words and she says she’s entitled to say that.
