MARITAL BLISS & BLUNDERS

Now that care giving is over, I am giving myself permission to step back into my own life.

To Union Station, Driver!

In 1975, we had taken the Pacific Surf Liner down to Ocean Side from Union Station.

  We then picked up my husbands
V8 Rebel Rambler that he had stashed in Vista.  You know one of those cars with a bench front seat where you could cozy up to your man while driving.

The fact that we took so few photos of ourselves on our honeymoon amuses me. 

San Diego Wild Animal Park until 2010,  1,800 acre zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido.

Apparently we were so enthralled by the performance of the elephants at the wild animal park we were visiting, we took more photos of them and other animals than of us.

Marital bliss is over rated.  We were either in a state of perfect happiness, shock or oblivious to each other and so enthralled by the animal antics than each other.

JUST MARRIED

  Smartphones and social media were not available to capture and record our experiences easily.  We enjoyed Sea World but sadly no photos to prove we were there.

Franciscan Inn Motel, Vista,CA.

   My very first visit to Disneyland, and only memories exist, in the fascination of it all, we did not take any photos here either but you might have thought that our whole honeymoon was comprised in one day, as I wore the same dress day after day, having forgotten to pack an extra set of clothes.

  Parking was $2. 00 and spending the night at the Disney Hotel did not break the bank.  The value book gave us choices to which attractions we wanted to visit.  It gave our friends options to donate the unused tickets to our advantage on our shoe string budget.

"A" attractions were the smallest or least popular, "B" attractions were more popular and/or more advanced, and "C" attractions were the most popular and/or most advanced.  (I have not been back to Disneyland since around 1986)
I was most fascinated by Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, given my interest in history.
It was during this time, we fell in love with Denny's.  Our propensity to deal with dead car batteries began in the parking lot of Denny's near Disneyland as also my new husband's fascination toward extending the life of a battery began which later morphed into running out of gas more often than I dare mention because of a faulty or no working gas gauge until we purchased our Hyundai in 2006.

Room at the Franciscan Inn

So now 40 plus years later, we are a bit more seasoned, a bit more experienced, a bit more knowledgeable, and a bit more forgetful of how the Lord has brought us through, but the fact that he did, has, and will continue to follow through on his promises.  We are a bit more into the photo thing now than in those earlier years.

The overnight vanity case changed my whole perspective on packing.  I did survive.  We cut our honeymoon short when I broke out in some nasty hives in unmentionable places. 
Marital bliss and the perfect honeymoon do not exist.  Marital blunders still occur.





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