August Splendor

brokenness, preparation, lifelines, water, redemption

Except for the headpiece and tailpiece photos of the Port of San Diego from outside the Santa Fe train depot, these pics came from a Google search of re-usable with modification.

• This was the Carnival 8-day Mexican Riviera Cruise.

Saturday 07 August 2010

• Port of San Diego, Santa Fe Amtrak Depot, California

Amtrak stations on Amtrak train 640—Laguna Beach

• San Diego

• Oceanside, "Pirates"

• San Juan Capistrano

• Irvine - "Jewel of Suburbia"

• Santa Ana

• Anaheim – Angels, Dodgers

• Fullerton

• Los Angeles

Sunday 08 August

• Port of Long Beach, California

• There won't be a wedding but the party's still on.

• Dinner

Monday 09 August

• Mediterranean Lunch

• cruisin' southward; elegant dinner

• fun day, elegant evening

Tuesday 10 August, cruisin'

• fun day, loving' the West Indian music, "Caribbean"

• lovin' the West Indian music: 2 guys and a great sound system

I Shall be Released :: Bob Dylan

"I see my light come shining
from the west unto the east
any day now, any day now,
I shall be released."

Sabbatical time
forgetting chronos
remembering kairos

Wednesday 11 August

• Puerto Vallarta, Sierra Madres

• 60 nautical miles from Puerto Vallarta 22 North 52 West

Thursday 12 August

• Mazatl / Mazatlán Sinaloa

• Sierra Madre Montañas

• "Place of the Deer" Nahuatl – Mexico's largest commercial port

Friday 13 August

"lucky" auspicious

"Los Cabos"

"We'll meet out on the water
where all strangers are known." …Gerry Rafferty

and related to "none of us are as smart as all of us"

I brought: cotton balls, shave gel, SPF 50, tooth paste

they brought: Jergens lotion, bandaids, aloe, [end serum] hair spray

• Cabo San Lucas, "Los Cabos"

• tender boats

• San Lucas, #48, 3rd gospel

• elegant dinner

Saturday 14 August

• Fun Day at Sea

Sunday 15 August

• Back to the Port of Long Beach and then taking the Amtrak back to the Port of San Diego

Amtrak stations

• Los Angeles

• Fullerton

• Anaheim - Angels, Dodgers

• Santa Ana

• Irvine – "Jewel of Suburbia"

• San Juan Capistrano

• Oceanside, "Pirates"

• San Diego

The Sleeping Sickness :: Dallas Green

we enjoyed a wonderfully choreographed dance of this song—adding it here doesn't have any particular meaning

I awoke, only to find my lungs empty
Through the night, so it seems I'm not breathing
And now my dreams are nothing like they were meant to be
And I'm Breaking Down
I think I'm breaking down

And I'm afraid to sleep because of what haunts me
Such as living with the uncertainties
That I'll never find the words to say
Which would completely explain
Just how I'm breaking down

Someone come, Someone come and save my life
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead
But now its like the night is taking up sides
With all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
Could it be? This misery will suffice

I've become, the simple souvenir of someone's kill
Like the sea, I'm constantly changing from calm to ill
Madness fills my heart and soul
As if the great divide could swallow me whole
Oh, how I'm breaking down

Someone come, Someone come and save my life
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead
But now its like the night is taking up sides
With all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
Could it be? This misery will suffice

Someone come, Someone come and save my life
Someone come, Someone come and save my life
Someone come, Someone come and save my life
Could it be? This misery will suffice...

Sinaloa is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the northwestern part of the country. The state is bordered to the north by Sonora and Chihuahua; to the south, by Nayarit; to the east by Durango, and to the west, across the Gulf of California, by Baja California Sur. The state covers an area of 57,377 square kilometers (22,153 sq mi), and includes the Islands of Palmito Verde, Palmito de la Virgen, Altamura, Santa Maria, Saliaca, Macapule and San Ignacio. Sinaloa has 2.2 million inhabitants (2005). The capital of the state is Culiacán; other important cities include Mazatlán and Los Mochis.