Summer 1986

Summer 1986

I scheduled a business trip to Los Angeles. It is a nicer destination than most of the places I have to travel so I decided to stay over the weekend and play tourist. I convinced Aimee to fly out and meet me. She was expecting to lay on the beach. I had other plans.

I dragged Aimee with me to revisit some of the sites I saw as a young kid with my family in 1965. We went to Universal Studios and signed up for the tour. They still have some of the classic sets, like Beaver Cleaver's house, but have added new attractions related to recent movies, like Jaws and King Kong. It is all great fun seeing how films are made.

We later drive out to the coast to visit Marineland. This oceanarium sits on a beautiful spot on the Pacific coast. The highlight is the Killer Whale show where we see the monstrous Orky and Corky jump completely out of the water. Little did we know, Marineland would close permanently only a few months later. On the way back we stopped to see the retired Queen Mary ocean liner in Long Beach harbor.