are we on vacation again?

We got up this morning and headed off to the San Diego Mission.  It was very peaceful and beautiful.  It was founded in1769 then relocated to its current location in 1774.  The gardens are colorful and diverse.  We were there at noon so we got to hear the peeling of the bells.  The bells ranged in weight from 800 pounds to 1200 pounds.  They were LOUD! We went to lunch back in Old Town at O'Hungry's.  it was ok.  Kind of like diner food, but it was cheap and right across the street from the church.  After lunch, Dennis left.  He had to go to a work event Monday night.  It was great seeing him again. Bubba and I went out in search of the seals that were supposed to hang out on La Jolla beach.  It took us a really long time to find them, but eventually we did see them and it was pretty cool.  They remind me of my lazy greyhounds, just lounging in the sun.  After the Bruins lost the Stanley Cup, we went out for another d...

We spent the day with Dennis in Old Town, San Diego.  There are tons and tons of restaurants and stores, lots of walking.  We went to a store that has olive oil tastings and another one that had beer tastings.  It was a fun day and now I'm exhausted!  I need some sleep soon... I guess I require more than 3 hours of sleep.  Off to bed and up early again tomorrow.... I forgot to mention, we got stuck in the elevator in the hotel for about 15 minutes! What a way to start our trip!

Once again we had to get up way too early to catch a flight to JFK and then on to SAN.  So, how did this one come about?  My thoughts exactly... Once again, we tried to plan a trip to Iceland, and once again that fell through.  I wish there were more airlines that flew there, maybe it would be easier.  Anyway, I digress...  The flights to Iceland filled up again this time around and being somewhat cheap, I didn't want to loose all the money I prepaid on hotels just in case we didn't get there.  It would have been a very expensive couple of days... Oh about $800 between hotels and a car rental, and that didn't even include eating, so we started looking elsewhere.  We've run the gambit.  Paris, Amsterdam, The Hague, Yosemite, Montreal, Vermont, The Bay of Fundy... It was an extensive list.  I always think that is one of the hard parts of my job, deciding where to fly, you're right, I wouldn't trade it.  Ok, so San Diego came on the radar. ...