Wednesday, April 05, 2006
sahn diahhgo . . .
so, my girls and i (four of us in all) drove (17 hours straight) to san diego (in a two door hatchback) last week (and stayed for 2 1/2 days before driving straight back up to p-town).
we went to visit our friend who moved there (cause her husband is stationed there in the coast guard).
she didn't know we were coming. in fact, she thought she was meeting her husband for lunch and she showed up and we were there waiting for her instead!! SURPRISE!!!
the four of us at the beach:
we met up with my friend LJ (who i met through couchsurfing when i hosted her a few weeks before) and she showed us around the city (ocean beach, the sunset cliffs, coronado island and the hotel, etc). here are the four of us with LJ (while our friend we went to visit was at work):
here is the sunset on coronado island:
we went and saw balboa park, ate real mexican food, strolled through the outdoor markets, layed out by the pool (and everyone knew we were tourists, because it was too cold for them to be out--but it was waaay warm to us!), had thai food in hilcrest (served by the asian lookalike of billy bob thornton) and generally had a great time.
our friend called in sick friday and we went to the maritime museum (and had our picture taken with a pirate!! arrggh! i love pirates!). we got to tour the HMS Surprise (the boat used in master and commander):
we also toured some other boats and a russian cold war submarine . . . the best part was meeting the pirate for sure.
saturday morning, we went for one last dip in the ocean and a visit to a no-bucks coffee shop (our goal was to not enter a single starbucks on our trip) . . . and then we said goodbye and our whirlwind trip was over . . .
the fam:
the girls:
and . . . my battle wounds (not including the amazing hickey that my backpack gave me as i carried it into our friend's apartment). my foot where my flipflop cut me open while walking around old town sd:
my hand (i think i got this during our dance party in LJ's living room . . . but i can't be sure really) plus a bonus closeup of my wedding/engagement rings:
i did good!
all in all the trip was worthwhile . . . and was a much needed break from work . . . now if only i could get back into the swing of things here in the office.
school starts again on monday . . .
say it don't spray it 4:14 PM
14 i heard that
