Très bon bonfire

More than two dozen San Diego Eagles, family, and friends gathered on Vacation Island in Mission Bay Saturday evening to enjoy the chapter’s annual beach bonfire. By the time the photo above was taken, around sunset, some of the three dozen who had arrived earlier were on their way home.

Among those in attendance were incoming freshmen about to head to Chestnut Hill as members of the Class of 2030(!).

San Diego, of course, is one of the best places to view sunsets. Saturday night on Mission Bay did not disappoint.  

Lake Poway hike

Lake Poway

A baker’s dozen of San Diego Eagles and friends trekked the Lake Poway Loop Trail Saturday morning.

Front row (l-r) Walid Soussou ’95, Lori Mahler P’11, Thomas Pelkey, Chloe Walker MSW’20, Bill McDonald ’68, and Paulette Cazares ‘98. Back row (l-r): Joe Mahler ’74 P’11, Claire Hendricks, Peter Schmitz ’23, Natalia Mendez ‘04, Katy Morrison MA’24, and Loren Diloreto MS’24. Lissa Tsu ’00 took the photo.

Selfie of Lissa, Bill, and the lake.

The group included several recent graduates and recent arrivals in San Diego. 

The trail is a 2.8-mile circle around Lake Poway. It is rated “easy” by AllTrails, with 456 feet of elevation gain. For what it’s worth, my steps total on the hike was above 10,000 (quite a few of them slow steps).

Views of the surrounding hills and, of course, the lake (at top) were a feature.

More hikes to come. Stay tuned!

Eagles & birdies redux

L-R: Ailene Zhang ’21, Sara Hanover ’25, Bill McDonald ’68, and the coach, Fred Hanover P’25.

Two dozen San Diego Eagles, friends, and family took to the links Saturday to learn and to play.

On a very pleasant day (of which we have enjoyed so many recently), the group gathered at The Links at Lakehouse driving range in San Marcos initially for some instruction and guidance from Fred Hanover P’25, coach of the UCSD men’s golf team. Warmed up, the group then proceeded to the nearby Lakehouse executive course to play the front nine.

L-R: Ray Berube ’78 P’13 ’17, Ray Smith ’19, Justin Niles ’09, Brian Caddigan ’96, and Joe Mahler ’74 P’11.

L-R: Dennis Monahan ’82, Carole Monahan ’82, Brian Tsu ’00, and Margot Tsu.

This was the third year Coach Hanover has organized this event for the chapter and one of the features is a hole where players can “Beat the Coach” if their tee shot falls closer to the hole than his shot. It is perhaps a testament to his coaching that three players this year beat the coach’s shot.

Following golf, most of the group returned to the main course and enjoyed lunch at the Brickmans Restaurant.

Half the group at lunch.