Quite different than the same day 41 years before, which was as much (more?) for family and friends as it was for us. As a child of divorce (and subsequent remarriages) it was impossible to please everyone, although I tried. I especially mourned that I didn't/couldn't have my step-dad walk me down the aisle, as he was more of a dad to me than my father. Mom said he understood, but it still tore up my heart. Anyway, that's water long gone under the bridge, along with FIL, birth-dad, and step-dad, in that order. The male halves of the six parental units of that day gone, all men. I'd better enjoy my man while I can!
And enjoy him I did. Rick managed to take a weekday off work completely, though it was a struggle to keep it open. We headed towards the coast and spent a carefree day eating and seeing, both the coast in the wild and the coast contained, by visiting Boiler Bay (we watched whales!) and the Oregon Coast Aquarium, which we hadn't visited in years. Infrequent fantasies of exotic vacations aside (we've never taken one, exotic or not), it was a lovely way to celebrate our years together.
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| sculptures made of retrieved plastic waste were sobering |
That's it for our anniversary date from . . .
2 comments:
Puffins! I usually only think of them in Scotland! Just seeing your coast photos is relaxing. There's nothing quite like being at the shore of a large body of water. Your aquarium looks wonderful. The Shedd, here, is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Chicago! It's always jammed with people. One year, when I was still working, the firm hosted a reception there during an all-attorney meeting and it was wonderful to be there to see things without huge crowds, and particularly to be by the Oceanarium to see the dolphins, belugas, and otters in their respective areas without a ton of people around. So glad you had a wonderful day :-)
I think our aquarium IS pretty great. Don't know if you remember, but it built a special tank to house Keiko, the orca from the movie Free Willy, for almost three years until his (ill-fated?) ocean release (that tank is now the "Passages of the Deep" exhibit). We loved watching the otters, harbor seals and sea lions, but I couldn't get any good photos of them.
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