Aunt Win's Home

Yesterday Pam and I decided to drive to Sandy and pay a visit to Aunt Win. On the way we picked up Erin and Kate and braved the snow storm going north. Actually it was more rain than snow, but here it is December and I like to talk about snow! Aunt Win's granddaughters came and helped her decorate for Christmas and it looked very nice.




The rest of her home is really nice and she is very comfortable living there.



Finally Aunt Win is looking good and is a busy as a bee. Her family and friends come and get her and take her here and there and she has a very active social calendar. Every time we leave we talk about how good it was to have her move to Sandy.




On a sad note. We learned this morning that a Marine F/A-18 had crashed in University City, San Diego yesterday. I got on line to see what that was all about and found the following items. The first picture was from a channel 6 site and showed right where the plane crashed. It had left the USS Abraham Lincoln and was returning to Miramar with one engine out. As it crossed over land it lost it's other engine and by the time it crashed it was just gliding. If you know anything about fighters - they don't glide!


This second picture is off of Google Earth and it shows the same streets with a little bigger picture. On the left is the football field at University City High School and at the top is the canyon between University City and the University Town Center Mall. The pilot was making a last ditch effort to reach the canyon before punching out. He didn't quite make it. He got out about 30 feet above the ground and was okay. The elbow street above is the same elbow shown in the picture below.

We lived about 2 or 3 miles to the west. One home was hit and 3 or 4 people were killed. The debris continued northeast and destroyed another home through the block and there was fire everywhere. Must have been a pretty scary event.