Dad feeding his birds...
His house as seen from the Masonic Lodge...
Another view from high atop the hill...
Another dinner at the Elk's Lodge.
Lodge buddies...
Our parting shot...
August 5th
Typical view riding down a Vallejo street.
My Dad and I go to the Masonic Lodge together... he leaves as bedtime approaches.
Naval Lodge #87
Vallejo, California
Master of the Lodge, Tom Lundsford.
Social hours after the meeting.
August 6th
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINS) was the first United States Navy shipyard established on the Pacific Coast[3]. It is located 25 miles northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates the peninsula shipyard (Mare Island, California) from the main portion of the city of Vallejo. MINS made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II.[4] The base closed in 1996 and has gone through several redevelopment phases. Parts of it including 52 buildings[5] were declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1975.[2]
Officers quarters are still maintained.
The Island has a tropical look about it...
I call this the "ghost ship" on Mare Island.
The dry docks are still available...
There's a nice park on the premises....
Friends, Bob and Lee drop by for a visit...
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