One June 4, 1962 I was discharged from the Maines, honorably thank you, in San Diego. After discharge I bought a red Austin-Healey sports car in Long Beach. Driving north to San Francisco I picked up Ed at Treasure Island where he was stationed after we returned from Asia.
We drove north on the Coastal Highway, see picture below, to the Seattle's World Fair. From there we went to Port Angeles, on the northwest tip of Washington. We stayed with my cousin at the motel he owned. He took us salmon fishing on the Straits of Juan De Fuca. As we puttered along in our little boat ocean ships passed by. Les caught an 18 lb. salmon and I caught a five pounder. Esther cooked the smaller one for us.
Ed returned to his base. Paul, 16, son of Les and Esther, accompanied me to South Dakota and spent the summer there. It was a happy homecoming for me after a two years absence.
Takk for alt,
Al
The two salmon we caught.
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