Just wanted to share the experiences of my recent trip, which I turned into my own little CVH nostalgia tour...
I just got back from San Diego, where I was on business....
I was stationed there my first year in the Navy, from '83 to '84...
Had some time to kill, so I drove around my old stomping grounds...
I drove up to the San Diego Sports Arena, where other than the births of my two sons, I spent the greatest night of my life... Of course, it's not called that name anymore, it's got some corporate name now...
May 20th, 1984, The Mighty Van Halen live....
I parked in the lot for a while....I was a strange feeling, I actually had goosebumps, thinking about how absolutely frenzied the crowd was for the entire show...
Then on Saturday, after my work had been finished, I decided to take a jaunt to Los Angeles before my flight the next morning....
After driving around for a while, seemingly lost, I finally stumbled upon Sunset Blvd....
Now I grant you, this was in broad daylight, so OBVIOUSLY I didn't get the same type of feelings...
But I tell ya, when I drove up to the corner where the Whisky A Go Go is, I just cracked a big smile...
Not only because of the legend that Van Halen created there, but all of the other bands as well...
And then the Roxy and the Rainbow as well...
It made my trip more than worth it.... :D
I just got back from San Diego, where I was on business....
I was stationed there my first year in the Navy, from '83 to '84...
Had some time to kill, so I drove around my old stomping grounds...
I drove up to the San Diego Sports Arena, where other than the births of my two sons, I spent the greatest night of my life... Of course, it's not called that name anymore, it's got some corporate name now...
May 20th, 1984, The Mighty Van Halen live....
I parked in the lot for a while....I was a strange feeling, I actually had goosebumps, thinking about how absolutely frenzied the crowd was for the entire show...
Then on Saturday, after my work had been finished, I decided to take a jaunt to Los Angeles before my flight the next morning....
After driving around for a while, seemingly lost, I finally stumbled upon Sunset Blvd....
Now I grant you, this was in broad daylight, so OBVIOUSLY I didn't get the same type of feelings...
But I tell ya, when I drove up to the corner where the Whisky A Go Go is, I just cracked a big smile...
Not only because of the legend that Van Halen created there, but all of the other bands as well...
And then the Roxy and the Rainbow as well...
It made my trip more than worth it.... :D
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