Today with modern medicine there’s a pretty good chance of beating cancer.
Cancer Survivors Park is located at Spanish Landing, across Harbor Drive from San Diego International Airport. It’s an inspiring place of hope, beauty and healing.
At the center of the park is an arrangement of bronze sculptures by renowned artist Victor Salmones, representing people from all walks of life dealing with cancer. The journey can be complicated and difficult. A walkway that meanders through the park features plaques containing useful, positive messages.
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Some people have been cured from every type of cancer.People from all walks of life can get cancer.Cancer is the most curable of all chronic diseases.Bronze forms represent people beginning to undergo medical treatment.Realize that cancer is a life threatening disease but some beat it. Make up your mind you will be one of those who do.People like you and I start the difficult journey to have their cancer eliminated.Make a commitment to do everything in your power to help yourself fight the disease.Beginning cancer treatment can be a bit scary and confusing.Find a qualified doctor in whom you have confidence who believes he can successfully treat you.Young lady begins cancer treatment, feeling uncertain.Treat your cancer promptly, properly and thoroughly and have a positive mental attitude.Happy family emerges from cancer treatment with a brand new life.Get state of the art treatment. Know all your options. Knowledge heals.Bicyclist rides through San Diego’s Cancer Survivors Park.Cancer Survivors Park is located at Spanish Landing, near Lindbergh Field.
These pics were all taken at Embarcadero Marina Park North.
People fascinated by beautiful San Diego Bay.Just relaxing on the grass enjoying a nice day.Couple paddling along on boards in Marriott Marina.Children explore the blue water from rocks.A stroll through Embarcadero Marina Park North.Walking along the water past a picnic bench.
A big crowd turned out for the 2014 Padres FanFest!
This morning I spent a little time at this year’s Padres FanFest. Wow! I’d never been to this event before, and it was bigger and more exciting than I expected! Padres fans could engage in all sorts of fun activities throughout Petco Park, and I took photos everywhere I turned. Here are a few good ones…
Padres fans stream up the stairs at Petco Park.People enjoy themselves on the baseball field at Padres FanFest.Posing for photos at home plate at Padres FanFest.Padres fans could either walk or run the bases.Small girl with a big pink baseball bat.Padres ball girl reaches into bucket just before throwing to a fan.A vendor with cotton candy moves through the crowd on the field.Small girl heads toward a big pretzel.Padres fan gets to throw a pitch in the Petco bullpen!Fans wait in line to field balls in Petco’s outfield.Padres manager Bud Black speaks to FanFest crowd.Kids check out the big display on the outfield wall.Looking from The Beach through the outfield fence at lots of fans.Fans stream up from The Beach to the Park at the Park.Inflatable Friar stands atop hill overlooking the KidsFest.Padres fan does chin-ups at Marines booth at FanFest.A military robot fascinates kids at Padres FanFest.Kids play at base of Tony Gwynn statue.Padres KidsFest featured lots of games and happy families.Boy gets ready to swing a bat.Pets available for adoption from Helen Woodward Animal Center.People watch kids playing baseball during Padres FanFest.Kids play in the tiny baseball field at the Park at the Park.
These photographs were taken this morning in Mission Valley, in the general area of Hazard Center. It had rained during the night and early morning, and the last remnants of dark clouds were rolling away.
Dark morning rain clouds break for the rising sun.Morning light emerges from behind a bank of clouds.Tree by San Diego River beneath passing rain clouds.Rain on fallen leaves, a spider’s web and bent stems.Blue patch reflected in a building beneath clouds.
Sun rises between palm trees above Mission Valley Resort.
Greetings to the folks at Mission Valley Resort! Thanks for following my blog! My walk to work takes me down Bachman Place, so today I decided to take a small detour and pass by the resort to check it out! Great location! I took several quick pics and the one above turned out best!
Elegant street art found on Highway 163 underpass wall.
I was surprised to discover this polished bit of street art in a place where few venture in Mission Valley: in the darkness under Highway 163, along Camino de la Reina, among graffiti and windblown litter. Joggers and the homeless pass through here, but not very often. Who was the artist? Why did they paint a stylish image in this location? It’s a mystery!
UPDATE!!!
This morning, February 5th, exactly one day after the first photo was taken, I walked to work again and the street art and graffiti were painted over! I don’t know if this is pure coincidence, or the result of my blog yesterday…
The Greatest Generation Walk, roughly between the USS Midway Museum and the Fish Market Restaurant, is always a hub of activity during the weekend. There’s a huge load of stuff to do and see! Lots of people were out and about yesterday!
Bikers and tour bus in parking lot on Embarcadero.People look at USS San Diego Memorial.Guys check out the USS San Diego Memorial.Photo being taken of USS Midway aircraft carrier.In concrete. I shall return. General Douglas MacArthur. 1942.People in a tiny GoCar enjoy a GPS tour of San Diego.Falun Gong activist holds up sign on sidewalk.Falun Gong poster on sidewalk near Unconditional Surrender statue.Mingling among bronze soldiers at the Bob Hope Tribute.Fishing from a small boat near USS Midway Museum.Small cute dog enjoys a ride on a San Diego pedicab.
Street performer on a bench plays guitar and sings.
Enjoyed my walk today. Took a bunch of pics. Street artists and performers use their talents to add zest to the colorful San Diego waterfront.
Silver robotic mime and a frozen high five.Resting on the grass, waiting to sketch a tourist portrait.Playing a bluesy guitar near Seaport Village.Passersby talk with a funny caricature artist.Man with horn plays Mariachi tunes near the USS Midway.Little girl on wall awaits a cool twisted balloon creation.Hand painted names make memorable souvenirs.Caricature artist at work on a sunny San Diego day.Birds perch on guitar-playing white statue-man.Captain America patrols San Diego’s Embarcadero.Sax player entertains people on San Diego waterfront.Artist sells space art and handmade crafts on sidewalk.A beautiful day by the water put to music.
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Steve Mac, chalk portrait artist at Seaport Village.
Artists abound along the Embarcadero near Seaport Village. They’ll paint a quick portrait for a modest donation. Today during my walk, I stopped for a bit to chat with Steve Mac.
Steve uses his talent to capture the essence of his subjects. He has a philosophical outlook on life, shunning the material and the ego for the beautiful essence found everywhere around, and within us. About a year and a half ago he had a profound spiritual experience not far from where we spoke, and he woke up from a state of worry and confusion to a spirit-filled life in the now.
Here are a few of his works he had out on display:
Chalk art and symbols of yin and yang, and the four elements.Serene face between wolves of creativity and destruction.Sample of colorful double portrait rendered in chalk.Amazing abstract chalk art captures life’s essence.
Front of the Seeley Stable Museum in Old Town San Diego.
Perhaps my favorite part of Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is the Seeley Stable Museum.
The huge old barn and surrounding area were once owned by Albert Seeley, who ran the San Diego-Los Angeles Stage Line from 1868 to 1877. His Concord stagecoaches left San Diego at 5 am, stopped overnight at San Juan Capistrano, and arrived in Los Angeles at 4 pm the next day. Eventually competition with the railroad put him out of business.
Sign on the Blacksmith Shop behind Seeley Stable.
Behind the Seeley Stable is a cool blacksmith shop, where tourists can watch skilled hobbyists demonstrate the shaping of red hot iron. The hammers ring loudly and the sparks fly! Unfortunately it wasn’t open the day I took these photos.
Covered wagon, anvils and relics of the Old West behind Seeley Stable.
Across from the blacksmith you’ll find this. Very cool!
Several unrestored wagons.Peering through old wagon wheels.Donkey awaits young visitors to historic Seeley Stable.
On the south side of the stable you’ll find a couple of donkeys, which are used by park rangers to teach children about life in the Old West.
Concord stagecoach from the Los Angeles to San Diego route.
Finally, we’re inside the museum! You can see many different wagons and stagecoaches inside the dark old barn, plus other artifacts from life one and a half centuries ago.
Museum display with horse and saddles recreates the old stable.Huge freight wagon on display at Seeley Stable.Old Wells Fargo wagon once used to transport the mail.Old Town San Diego State Historic Park ranger chats with friendly lady at the ticket window.
The Seeley Stable Museum is free!
UPDATE!
Here are a few more interesting and informative photos that I took inside the museum in August 2017…
Roscoe E. “Pappy” Hazard was a developer and rancher who collected stagecoaches, carriages and wagons from the Old West. Many are displayed today in Old Town’s Seeley Stable Museum.In 1869, Albert L. Seeley transformed the nearby Bandini adobe into the two-story Cosmopolitan Hotel, which became Old Town’s stage depot and social center.Photo of Seeley Stable’s barn and yard taken from Presidio Hill in 1872. The Cosmopolitan Hotel can be seen on the right.Map shows important stagecoach routes, including the Butterfield Overland, and the Birch’s Line from San Antonio to San Diego.Signs and old photos concerning freight wagons in the Old West, which often employed large teams of mules.Spaniards introduced mules to America along with the horse. Hardy pack mules were used by trappers to haul furs, and by gold miners to move supplies and equipment.This delivery wagon was brought to San Diego by Frank Kimball in 1868. It was used to show passengers land that he had for sale in National City.This old Park Wagon was used by cattle rancher Walter Vail. He owned a land in Arizona, Santa Rosa island off the coast of California, and Warner’s Ranch northeast of San Diego.How a corner of the stable might have once appeared. Stable hands had many chores, including feeding, watering and grooming animals, and cleaning stalls.
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