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Additional Memories

Memories bring up other memories. Writing about Disneyland made me think of a time when my first wife and I took our nephew to Marineland of The Pacific located on Palos Verdez Peninsula in Los Angeles, County.

It was a big Aquatic Theme Park with a lots of fish swimming in big tanks, and they had different shows with Penguins and Dolphins and other entertainment.

They also had boat rides out around the peninsula and we took one. The boat had seating both inside and out. The outside portion was on the aft end of the boat with several rows of seating. Those seats were about 3 feet above the water line. It was a little cool that day, when we boarded the boat and we sat in the back to see all he would could. After we'd been out for a while a rogue wave came over the side of the boat. It drenched both my nephew and me and I jumped up and hollered "Jesus H Christ" I have no idea where that came from; but out of my mouth it came! The people around us were looking at me and I was drenched and I said "I'm sorry". We moved back into the inside of the boat and found towels to help us dry off. Needles to say we left shortly after the boat docked and we took our nephew home!

I've never asked my nephew who is now 50 if he remembers that day; but I do!

Enough for now
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