Day #3 in San Diego

Well day #3 in San Diego was a 1/2 day spent in Los Angeles. We drove to Melrose and La Brea and had polish dogs at Pinks Hot Dogs. Another of the food network stops. They were good but I think a good old fashioned "Caspers Hot Dog" Is just as good.

We drove for 3 hours, stood in line for 1 hour ate for 20 min, then drove 2 1/2 hours back to SD.

We stopped at View Area on the way home and fed trail mix to the squirrels and sea gulls. Yes even the rats of the skies deserve to eat.

Then after a short rest stop at the hotel it was back to the Gas Lamp district for the last of the shopping and a little Thai Food "al-fresco" in the trendy little night spot area. Lauren was a little scared of the idea of Thai over Chineese food but as soon as she took a sip of my "Banana Coconut Bamboo Smoothie" we knew every thing was going to be all right.

Views from the deck of the Midway

From the deck we found lots of interesting things. We found studs.

We found giant kissing statues. Look over Lauren's right shoulder.

We found lots of planes and more buttons that needed pushing.

San Diego Day #2

Day two took us to the Harbor / water front area. Lots of interesting people laying around and playing thier music. Lauren found a new wardrobe style to bring back to the SLC. We toured the USS Midway. This was a long tour. Lots to see on the big ship which is now a flosting museum. Lauren was in tranced by all the buttons and switches and decided she had to turn "ALL" the switches. At one stop on the tour, Lauren actually found the main power switch and turned off the lights on the tour. We then discovered, there is not a lot of natural light on lower deck #3.

The flight deck had many planes and helicopters on display. We / I took lots of cool plane pictures, (95 to be exact). Towards the end Lauren was getting wind blown and stated she was "done with boats and planes).

Lots of fun to be had on the main hanger deck. You wouldn't know it from here but there were LOTS of switches inside that little part of the plane.

This was the first door we stepped through on the tour and the last time Lauren smiled with out being told to. Over all this was a good day. We had great weather, 76* and clear skies. We got a little sunburn but nothing we couldn't handle. Lauren had the bums telling her she was pretty and that provided lots of conversation talk at lunch time.

San Diego Day #1

Well we took the Trolly line to Mexico. This is not like other mass transit systems....We did not feel "safe" on this train ride, but we maid it to the last stop in TJ. We were just about to cross through the gate and go into Mexico when a nice Border Patrol Officer reminded us that with out a passport or two foms of ID, Lauren could not come back to the USA.....Dang it, I was so close. Lots of freaks and bum ride the trolly in SD.

This was our diner spot on the first day, The El Indio, est 1940. It was featured on the food networks Dinners, Drive-ins and Dives. It was good, but La Frontera is just as good.

The big Mexican flag as seen from the USA side. I noticed that when we were at the border there were lots of people taking walmart bags full of stuff into Mexico, but it didn't look like any of them had passports??????

On the "skybridge" to nowhere. Can you smell the urine like we could?

This is our rent a car, or the "Fire Truck" as we named it. Hey its got a sun roof and were in So Cal, what more could you ask for. We spent our first night at the Double Tree Hotel. A nice little crib for the upper class. We were forced to book an executive room for the first night. The indoor pool was open all night, we had complimentary Bruscheta (sp) and pot stickers when we came in for the night and Lauren found the bed to be just what the Dr ordered and she crashed by 10 pm.

Grandma Turns 60 part two...

You have to smile when you got Mac and Cheese..... Lauren "Keepn' it Real"

Getting their "feed" on....

You always have to keep an eye on Robert when your out in public.

Tim, Jacq and Ginya get a "Thumbs Up".

Grandma Turns 60!!!

Well, Grandma has turned 60.....it's been a LONG hard road, so we thought we would celebrate with steak and ice cream. We went to the Lone Star steak house in Midvale.

Then there was the ......"Singing Telegram" or the STRIPPER as we like to call him. Judging by the smile on grandmas face.......she liked him too!!!

The young and the old attended.

And a good time was had by all......after all you only live past 6 decades once.....or so.

And Grandma said she didn't believe in internet dating.....I think Grandpa thinks this guy is cute too.

Day #3 in Vegas- Hoover Dam day

Well Day #3 was the trip to Hoover Dam...Let me start out by saying........traffic sucked but the long drive was well worth it.

You can see behind Roberts picture that the Feds are building a new road and bridge to the Hoover Dam area that is long over due. But this improvement should make for a much faster drive to the Dam. Robert loved this part of the trip. He had been preparing his list of "Dam Questions" for days...Such as "Where is the Dam bathroom?" "Wehn does the Dam Tour Start?" "Who is the Dam tour guide?' and any of a thousand other "Dam" questions...and we asked them all and giggled like girls the whole time....
I guess you don't have to be mature when on vacation.

We took lots of pictures, and lets just add the dam is BIG and Tall. My Vertigo was ragging everytime we got close to the edge and tried to look over. At one point, after taking a picture, I turned around and saw Lauren sitting on the ledge right next to the stay off ledge sign. She got yelled at and didn't think that was cool.... After the trip to the Dam we went back to our room, took a nap then went out to dinner with my old work buddy Mark Ferraro and his roommate Mike. The food was great and it was good to see Mark again. It was a nice cap to the day. There was no Day #4 as we had planned. We found out we were going to be bumped from our flight on Monday night so we decided not to risk the stand by waiting game just before Christmas and instead we just bougt tickets and flew home at 7 am on Monday. We didn't tell Virginia we were comming home early so she got a nice suprise when we all walked into the kitchen ....A Christmas Miracle if you will.......