JUNE RECAP (part 2)

This one will require a little bit of family history... My siblings and I all grew up in Tijuana. We lived with my mom and dad, and my mom's brother, Berna. The house was built by my dad, but the land was (and still is) my Uncle's. The 10 of us (cozily) lived in this house until 1987, when we moved to San Diego.

This is what the house (and the store my dad used to run) used to look like... The store is seen front-center, and the house is behind the store, and a bit to the right.
I dont have too many memories of our life in Tijuana, but I do remember playing around the metal bars on my dad's truck, as if they were monkey bars...

My sister Sayra recently visited the place we used to live at - The picture below shows a small wooden house (I believe this is part of the house we used to live in). It also shows a new brick house that another one of my Uncles is building. Also, I must point out that the little wooden building on the far left is the out-house, still in use!


Having said all that, my Uncle Berna (short for Bernardino), has been sick for quite some time, so I flew to San Jose on the 20th, to meet with my parents, Julio and Sayra so we could spend some time with him, grandma, and some aunts/uncles. I reqlly wish I had a camera with me, because it's been about 11 years since I last saw any of them, and almost 20 years since I had las seen Berna. The mini family reunion was nice, eventhough the circumstances could have been much better. I'm glad I made the trip, even if it was very short.

Julio and I drove to San Diego (with parents in tow) on Friday night, into Saturday morning. It was a very tiring drive, but we made it to SD at 6:30am, safe and sound.