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San Diego - November |
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The week before
Thanksgiving, Kathy needed to attend a school administrator's
conference in San Diego and she let Randy come along. Here we are
seated in First Class on a Spirit Air jet (meaning upgraded wide
seats near the front of the plane). Spirit has a few front rows on
their planes with only two seats on each side of the aisle. Well
worth the $30 per seat upgrade. |
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I am sorry...when did
school administrators start looking like this? Kathy is pictured in
the elevator at the Hard Rock Hotel on her way to the Convention
Center. |
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Upon check-in at the
Hard
Rock Hotel, the agent seemed to think we were on our honeymoon,
probably due to all the PDA, so she upgraded us to a suite.
This is the living area. |
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The San Diego skyline was
visible right outside our room. |
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The Hard Rock has as cool
outdoor pool. We didn't have time to enjoy it unfortunately. |
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Next to the pool is a bar
and very nice gathering area, complete with fire pits to keep you
warm. Afterall, the temperature at night during the Winter can drop
to 60 degrees! |
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Randy was thinking he
needs to get a contract working in one of these buildings. |
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More San Diego from our
hotel room. |
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The Hard Rock Hotel is
located at the start of the historic Gas Lamp district. |
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Downtown pedi-cabs are lit
up with music cranking. |
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We explored the
surrounding area by taking a trip to Oceanside. We found a cafe and
coffee shop right across from the beach. |
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Kathy poses in front of
the southwestern-style beach house we plan to buy when when move to
Oceanside. |
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And truly, we would be
happy with ANY of these beachfront homes in Oceanside. |
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Sunset in La Jolla. |
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Kathy's '74 beetle Daisy
would fit right in. Look at this cool VW Thing! |
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We also visited several RV
parks around the San Diego area. |
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This RV park was located
within a 2 minute walk to the beach in Oceanside. |
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Some RV parks in San Diego
are more like luxury resorts. |
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We visited the fancy
Hotel del Coronado
after driving the very exciting elevated over-water bridge between
Coronado and San Diego. |
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Great view of San Diego
from Coronado. |
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If (meaning when) we live on Coronado
(Kathy was already checking out condo rentals), Randy would take the
ferry over to San Diego. Now that is a good commute. |
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Yes, I could get used to
every day being beautiful. |
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Kathy will need something
to do while living on Coronado, so she decided she would work at the
Coronado
Brewing Company as a bartender. |
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We sampled their tasty
brews two days in a row! |
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On our last night, we ate
sushi at
Nobu inside the Hard Rock Hotel. Here you see Kathy's order. OK,
perhaps not. Kathy is modeling Randy's order. Look at the sea urchin
(upper right side of plate)! Just in case you were not sure whether
the sea urchin is fresh, they serve the sea urchin sushi on the dead
sea urchin! |
