More stories and photos from my trip to visit the bff sister.
After trying to keep cool with many trips for Fro-Yo and dips in a bathwater warm pool, Jen W. and Katie just couldn’t take the heat anymore. With the Mama offering to stay home with the Pups
(I’m going to go ahead and write this episode in first person. Or shall I say I’ll “narrate” the episode.)
Scene: Beach
With a car full of gas, a cooler stocked with ice and plenty of water, and all the appropriate beach gear we were ready to go on our big San Diego adventure. It was only a reasonable three hour drive and so off we went…
…Through three border patrols.
We stopped shortly before the first, thinking it was a toll booth and frantically searching for cash. I bet they thought we looked shady. Who knew they only wanted to ask us if we were U.S. Citizens.
Jen W. was not excited when I proposed I would say “Si” to the next border patrolman who asked. We did learn that one of our check points had seized 3,627 pounds of drugs. Way to go guys! I have a picture of the sign but it’s too blurry so use your imagination. You know, until the episode airs on TV. ; )
We arrived in gorgeous San Diego around 9 am to blue skies and streets full of happily strolling pedestrians. We decided to head first to Coronado and find a beach.
And find one we did. We paid $8 and claimed our spot on the beach before hitting the water. Ok, so only our toes hit the water. That Pacific’s freezing!
(Oops! I forgot to open my eyes on 1-2-3!)
The sand and sun, however, were pleasantly warm and so we happily laid out with books and snacks. The water was gorgeous! It seemed to be sparkling with gold.
We hypothesized a bit that perhaps the sand had been bitten by a Vampire. Mhm. That happened.
Scene: Lunch
Starved from our morning of fervent relaxation, we drove into the beautiful main street of Coronado and found a parking spot. Neither the other-wise talented Jen W. or I had ever learned to parallel park (um, they don’t do that in Colorado?) so we were both super impressed when she pulled off an amazing parking job. It had to be documented.
Ok, so with us a lot of things “have” to be documented.
Like random signs…
(Sassafras St--how amazing is that?!)And the joy of finding a parking spot after circling the same three or four blocks for about 30 minutes…
Scene: Gaslamp District
But wait. Why would anyone drive around the same few blocks for half an hour just to park? That’s madness!
What you don’t realize is that there was ice-cream involved. Ghirardelli’s ice-cream. Jen W. and I would do anything for some chocolate Ghirardelli’s ice-cream.
Scene: So Long, San Diego
At this point it was nearing 5 o’clock and we were pretty tired. It seemed like time to pack it up and head home to see the lovely Mama and Pups. We gassed up, I took the driver’s seat and we settled in for the drive home. All was well.
That was until I noticed we were encased in a cloud of black smoke that was suspiciously coming from our own car.
To Be Continued…
3 comments:
Oh man, I can't wait for the next episode to find out what happens! I wonder if the Mama will appear in the next episode, or those pups? That big one is such a dog...watch out for him, I hear he is a licker....
Oh man!! Does it pick up when you are mistaken for "working women"?? Can't wait for the next episode :)
ICE CREAM!
oh man that looks so good!
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