Imperial Beach, Calif.

in high school, caught three mackerel on one line at this spot.

imperial beach pier refurbished in 1989. 

palm ave. and seacoast dr.

grasshopper on sidewalk -- seacoast dr.

62 degrees in december.

it was pretty deserted on a sunday afternoon.

mexico is only a stone's throw away.

wall painting. palm ave. and seacoast dr.

montgomery-waller park.

john montgomery successfully completed the first controlled winged flight at this site. 

he took off from this hill. 

adams morgan district: washington, d.c.

adams morgan district

capitol building. ulysses s. grant statue in front of water.

view in front of library of congress. capitol building on right.



left: seaman marco villasana. hometown: aurora, colo. seaman christian martinez. hometown: garden grove, calif.

villasana got orders to the uss stennis in washington.

martinez will be graduating in january.



brother mallory. sister mallory.

brother mallory is a retired navy cryptology technician interpretive chief. he was stationed in south korea for about twenty years. it's where he met his wife. he speaks fluent korean.

we did studies together.

pizza mart. this place was featured on travel channel: food wars.

slice seemed about two feet long. 



18th st. northwest d.c.




national academy of sciences: albert einstein. twelve feet.



unveiled in 1979.



a nearby inscription: "Joy and amazement at the beauty and grandeur of this world of which man can just form a faint notion."

library of congress.

nation's capitol.

national archives: home of the constitution.

seaman christopher lindahl. hometown: minneapolis, minn.

guardaianship statue. south side of national archives. it's one of four statues.

entrance.



inscription: eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

field training exercise. class 050-12.

we had our issues. but we came together in the end and produced "awesome work," according to instructor mc1 rhinehart (far left). 

i'm fifth from the right.  middle row.