USS Iowa like the boll weevil. Looking for A home.

[Ishmael]

Originally Posted by Iceman

I lived in Benicia when I was about 12 for like 3 years...small world.We lived outside of town and could see that place where they park those ships from our house.

Where & when? I lived at 470 East O St. Right off the 5th st offramp behind King's Market/auto parts store. I went to Mills School for 4th & 5th grades & Robert Semple for 6th. 7th & 8th at the old Intermediate School across the street from Mills. Graduated BHS in 1972.

Strangely enough, while living in Pasadena, I lived 1/2 block off of Colorado Blvd near Sierra Madre for 8 years. So I could watch the whole parade on TV as the cameras were all up on Orange Grove Ave. by the Norton Simon Museum. Then, when it was over, I could walk up 1/2 block just in time to see it coming down the street. One year I woke up late for the telecast after a libatious New Year's Eve party and just had time to get my wife & I up there with our stepladders(a must for any Rose Parade). So, imagine my surprise to see the Benicia High School Panther Marching Band coming down the street.
It was a great scene.