Photo credit: Thalia Garcia (Yeah, I stole it.)

We went to the Santa Monica Pier on the evening of what would have been Dylan’s 22nd birthday. The weather was surprisingly pleasant. We walked around and ate dinner. We went on the Ferris wheel. Thalia said that Dylan insisted that they go on it whenever they were there. After we ate dinner, I wanted to go down to the old carousel at the beginning of the pier. Unfortunately, by the time we got down there, it had closed. Donna and I had taken Dylan there a couple times when he was little. Donna usually accompanied (held) Dylan while I tried to videotape them. The video never really turned out well, but I always seemed to have to try. I haven’t run across any of them yet. I thought this time, I might go on it with Donna.

As we were walking along the pier, Donna and I tried recall whether this was where we went during that first week we had Dylan home from hospital after he was born. We knew we went to a beach, but were not just sure which one. Well, I did a little digging and came up with this little snippet of proof.

It is kind of interesting that Dylan and Thalia would like to go to the pier given that it was Dylan’s first trip to the beach. Funny how some things work out. As a family, we had not been there in years. I think it was a good idea to spend what would have been Dylan’s day there.