I'm bacccckkkkk !!!!!

[justjohn]

For those that might wonder

The end of the war is not celebrated until September 2nd

The official announcement of the surrender of Japan was made Aug 15, 1945 (in Japan) which because of the International Date Line (Golden Dragon Certificate) was Aug 14, 1945 in the US.

The signing of the documents occured on Sep 2, 1945, Tokyo Bay, Japan on board the USS Missouri.

[pieter]

Welcome back JJ!

[Jaga]

John,

welcome back. We missed you. I realized how important is your contribution to the forum when you were gone

[karl]

J.J.

It is good to see you are back, for you have been missed quite very sorely I must say.....

Speaking of though, the sun shine, the beach, the gentle lapping waves, were the sunshine ladies of the beach to walk gently across your back to a delight that is of dreams??

Simply jesting of course, it is good to see you once more


Karl

[justjohn]

Thank you all for the greeting. As I unwind I will be placing some photos on here to depict my beach bliss !!!!

In all honesty, I was in the water more this trip than the last two years combined.

Water was nice and warm at 64 to 65 degrees.

There was a beached whale warning at one time when I was getting out !

[kaima]

Must have been a good vacation if you have to unwind from it! We have a beautiful sunrise coming up over the mountains, but it has been cool and rainy since my return, most days and nights 55 - 60F, and one day in the 70's...Next week I have to start my own vacation driving around Alaska...