What do you think the odds are that in a place where we get maybe 2" of rain a year that it would be raining when we hooked up? Small odds for sure. Now what are the odds that it would be raining when we unhooked a week later? Tiny, right? But that's what happened. Rain around here is usually like mist in other places but we had it going on both when we hooked up on the 22nd and when we unhooked on the 1st of March. Not only that it was really raining (by anyone's measure) when we hooked up to leave San Diego. Jeez!
The trip down was pretty uneventful except there was some kind of traffic slowdown on Cajon Pass so rather than worrying about keeping everything down to a reasonable speed we got to worry about getting to the park before they closed. The GPS estimated our arrival at 15:30 when we set out but we actually made it to the part at 16:55; only 5 minutes before the office closes. Doing 6-7 mph for the entire length of the pass makes quite a difference! The uphill side was going fine; it was just the downhill side that had the problem. We called the California DOT hotline but they didn't know of any problem and we didn't see one. Who knows; it's just California traffic.
We got one of our usual spots overlooking Mission Bay.
It's expensive but we get that water fix whenever we look out the window. Water, boats, ducks; what's not to like?
We managed to hit Pacific Beach a couple times. It's fun walking along doing people watching. We saw this one guy who was shirtless; he must kiss the mirror every time he looks in one. Then there was the woman who had some obvious help in the bra department who also thought that 5 lb. of makeup was appropriate for the beach. Wow, some poeple. Happily they were the minority! We also went to IKEA. I know it's not to everyones taste but I like seeing different things and IKEA has it's own style. I believe they are planning a store in Las Vegas but that's down the pike a ways. One of the most fun things was going to the Poway Farmer's Market (son lives around there). It was fun looking at all the stuff and we got a couple little items. The stalls were really into organic almost anything.
Trip home was pretty much like the trip going except we were spared the slowdown. Instead we got rain most of the way! The forecast was for wind and snow above 4,000 feet so I was happy enough with the rain. We got here to find an entire weeks newspapers thrown in our yard. The delivery person apparently doesn't read the 'hold' notices. Needless to say we aren't impressed. The paper is my wife's thing so she is trying to figure out if she wants to cancel the subscription or if they can manage to convince her to keep them on. We'll see.
Now that we are home; I can BBQ again so I'm off to the store looking for a likely subject. Maybe I'll even remember to take a photo. Thanks for stopping by.
1 comment:
It was nice you got away, even for a short break but I know what those CA highways can be like when everyone decides to park for a few hours! And don't you know, "It never rains in Southern California"?
Nice RV park BTW. We have looked longingly at the website a couple of times but like you say, expensive!
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