I hope this Summer has been your best Summer yet...with many more to come.

Several years ago, I stayed at the venerable Del Coronado...San Diego (Coronado Island). It was about this time of year. While walking along the beach, I noticed the one shoe left behind while the owner was surely enjoying her last Summer's fling before seasons' end.

That evening in the courtyard, all was quiet and it gave me a chance to muse about all the travelers over the years that have stayed here. The old Hotel is one of the few remaining all wood structures of this type in the world. The Del was the summer home of a very famous resident...L. Frank Baum. Does that ring a bell? He is the author of "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz"...which was one of three books he wrote while staying here. Walking the courtyards and hallways of the Del at night, I swear I could hear the clanging footsteps of the tin man or see small clumps of straw left behind as the scarecrow walked on before me.

Many on both coasts have summer memories of days at the boardwalk playing in the sand or visiting the arcades...it is my hope that you have made some memories this Summer.

Have a great Sunday.

Dan