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Wednesday 28 December 2022

DEC 28, 22 (2/2) .. GONNA TAKE A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY .. HERE IN LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA

Take a walk with me back to 1945, to Les Brown and His Band of Renown, and Doris Day.

The release of the song Sentimental Journey coincided with the end of the Second World War in Europe and became the unofficial homecoming theme for many veterans.

Can YOU hear Doris Day singing ? I sure can !

Gonna take a sentimental journey

Gonna set my heart at ease

Gonna make a sentimental journey

To renew old memories

Got my bag, got my reservation

Spent each dime I could afford

Like a child in wild anticipation

I long to hear that all aboard

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven

I'll be waitin' up for heaven

Countin' every mile of railroad track

That takes me back

Never thought my heart could be so yearning

Why did I decide to roam?

I gotta take this sentimental journey

Sentimental journey home

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven

I'll be waitin' up for heaven

Countin' every mile of railroad track

That takes me back

Never thought my heart could be so yearning

Why did I decide to roam?

I gotta take this sentimental journey

Sentimental journey home

Sentimental journey home

Sentimental journey home

As we all pass through this life, there are special friends, events, meals, trips, activities (the list is endless) that, without our knowledge, unbeknownst to us, one time will be the last time ever that we see a friend, participate in an event, eat a meal, take a certain special trip, perform an activity..

Bob Kelly was a friend since age 4, who I last saw on a United Airlines flight (Bob was the Captain up in the cockpit) back in (was it) 1988 some 34 years ago. I did not know it would be the last time I would ever see Bob again. 

Oh Yes ! Yes indeed ! Bob and I were " in touch " BUT how was I to know when he came back from the cockpit of his United Airlines plane to see me that it was to be the last time we'd ever see one another in-the-flesh ?

Your team wins the (Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, NBA Title) and you think we'll win next year. And never again does it occur.

One time, and I'll never know, will by my last meal enjoying Singapore Rice Noodles. 

When I left Russian Siberia in September 2019, I KNEW I'd be back. When I left Hong Kong in July 2019, I KNEW I'd be back. When I flew out of Seoul, South Korea in December 2019, I KNEW I'd be back. Right now the chance of revisits look bleak. 

You all get it. Johnny and Sheila lay down to take a nap. Sheila never awoke.

Where am I going here ?

Patti and I have signed a long term rental agreement to move into our new apartment here in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. We plan to stay in our apartment whenever we are here. Never again will we stay here at the Windsor Inn. 

So ! This morning, when I walked out of the Windsor Inn, and walked down London Bridge Road to the Lake Havasu City Yacht Club, a walk that I've enjoyed for some years, I knew that it would be the last time that I would make the walk that I have come to cherish. 

When Patti and I check out of the Windsor Inn in a few days, Patti and I both know it will be our last ever stay here.

So now you know why I have titled this Post ..

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GONNA TAKE A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY .. HERE IN LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA

I will begin my last ever walk from the Windsor Inn up to the Yacht Club and back, with a look down at our GMC Suburban, which was stolen one year ago when parked where you see him in the first photo below.


Now I pause, as I look up London Bridge Road, to study the path I am about to walk.


And here I go on my Sentimental Journey..



The Travel Lodge just up the street. How many times have I walked past it?



A familiar street sign. LONDON BRIDGE ROAD and SEA PRINCE DRIVE.

On we walk.





Looking down SEA ANGLER DRIVE.


On we walk. 

How can this be ? 

We are almost at the Lake Havasu City Yacht Club ! It seems like I just started my walk.




In the foreground of the above photos you can see the storm drainage canal.

The next two photos below look down the storm drain toward Lake Havasu in the distance.





Again looking out at Lake Havasu in the distance.





Now up the Yacht Club driveway I walk. Thank goodness for an arrow to show me the way !



Patti and I often park in this location and just enjoy the view.


   Now I will pan, from left to right, the view we enjoy.






The lake side of the Yacht Club.


The time has come to walk back down London Bridge Road to the Windsor Inn.

















I HAVE NOW COMPLETED MY SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY .. HERE IN LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA

By The Way ! The walk (one way) is .35 (three and one half tenths) miles. This walk takes me (one way) from 10 to 12 minutes.

There you have it ! Thanks for sharing it with me !

Cap

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