Another Week in San Diego

The rain clouds have now gone away and the weather is sunny and warm.  We now go out and enjoy some great adventures.  Most days we can get out early and get going - well, that's if Neala doesn't have a computer question.  Neala is writing the history of her granddaughters and the file is a novel size - way to go Neala.  The rest of us should be doing the same.

Theron has cleaned the under basement of the trailer and installed the new handles on the closets; the repair work is finally finished.  I have cleaned the floor and vacuumed once.  Steve is having trouble with his TV dish so he and Theron have been trying to find solutions.  That said, we have gone on several bike rides - we love our new bikes and yes, we are getting some good exercise.  The first trip was 22+ miles around Coronado Island.  Then we traveled a little north to LaMesa where we traveled down to the ocean about 15 or so miles.  We took the bikes to the grocery store and the farmer's market.  They are used way more than we have ever used a bike before.  At one of our stops, there were about ten sea lions resting on the pier.  The brave sea lion hunter tried to get close but they hollered at him.


On Wednesday, Dawain and Jana arrived and stayed until Saturday.  It was so fun having my brother and sister-in-law here.  Thursday we attended the Temple at San Diego.  Wow, what a Temple!  We bought trolley passes and traveled two days into San Diego and saw some sites.  One day we went to Old Town and the next day to the harbor.  The Mormon Battalion Park is at Old Town and we learned all about the battalion's experiences.  One of us even had to play dress up and go to combat.  This is a great museum; it was a fun.

Theron has been wanting to see the ship Rose since he and Curt traveled on it as crew.  It's in the harbor, but is being renovated and so we couldn't get onto the ship.  The lady selling the tickets to the Maritime Museum let Theron, Steve and Dawain walk down the plank to stand nearer the ship.  Theron taught us the ropes -so to speak; Curt, we didn't learn very well!  I can't believe that you climbed clear to the top of the mast!  

Going and coming on the trolley was an experience.  Apparently there was a fire or power outage and between about three stops, we were stopped, diverted, cancelled, waited, and so forth.  Coming home from the city, we spent a good two hours - that's double the time it usually takes.  It's great being a senior now, we get some very good pricing on tickets and trains.  Youngsters, eat your heart out!

Back home, Cameron and Taylor are off-track so Adrian has been keeping them busy.  They went to the Sandy Bishop's Storehouse and boxed toilet paper.  Way to go.  Cameron won first place in his school debate meet and he is going to participate in the district meet in April.  Always knew that kid could use his talking for good.  Cameron also took the math placement test for junior high and will be in 8th grade advanced math in the fall as he starts 7th grade.

Melanee celebrated her birthday and it looks like everyone else celebrated by putting on a snout.  Happy Birthday Melanee. 

We now have Ali-isms:  Ali, "You would be the best mom if you shared your drink with me."