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Saturday, October 16, 2010

SAN DIEGO via LAS VEGAS

We took a little (1800 mile) trip by car to San Diego with Danny and Ashley at Danny's request to surprise Ashley. It was fun because she did not know were she was going nor that we were coming along. We met up in Richfield, Ut. and rode together from there in our car. We didn't tell her that the final destination was San Diego. We stopped off in Vegas the first night then moved on to San Diego. It wasn't until the highway signs started pointing to San Diego that she figured out where we were going. We had a wonderful time. The adventures just keep coming in our world. We got to go to Redstone, CO with Jake and Emma, I got to go to Disneyland with Tiff and Todd, to San Diego with Danny and Ashley and ... well...looks like we need to squeeze in one more visit somewhere with Ashley and Josh to complete the circle. I LOVE MY LIFE! I have the best of the best people in it!!!!


Do these kids look happy to be spending time with the folks?

WAY UP THERE is Danny and Ashley. We stayed at the Polo Towers for $70 a night.


View from our room.



Buffet dinner at the Excalibur. Buffets are not cheap these days...not like the ole days when our kids were little!


Freaks on the corner.

The expecting parents.



Do you think the wind blows down this canyon?

There was a fire on the mountain through this canyon and they were hauling water with this helicopter. It took us over an hour to move about 5 miles!

Dave shot these photos out the window when we finally got to the fire scene. He did a wonderful job of capturing the moment. We are going to try to send them in to the fire department that was on the scene.



It looks to us that this camper that is totally destroyed must have been the cause of the fire. If not...it was their misfortune to break down right there and get burned up randomly! Bummer!
El Toritos...this was our favorite place to eat when I lived in San Diego MANY years ago...it's not as good as I remembered it. Probably won't go back. We found better places in Old Town!

Seals come out at night in LaJolla and Danny and Ashley guided us there after dinner so we could experience this. It was very dark so I had to flash to get the images but you can make them out. We ran into a woman that was going to save the seal population single handedly and got on my case for using the flash because "It scares the seals away" They were coming IN to the bay...not leaving. She meant well!





The San Diego Temple is as beautiful on the inside as it is outside. We barely got there in time to do some temple work.



BEACH TIME!!
This was the warmest day San Diego had all summer and they estimated that there were 35,000 people at the beaches. There were a fair number where we were on Coronado Island but it was still very nice.






















These are dolphins that were swimming by...we didn't notice them till they were past us.


Hotel Del Coronado. I love this place.

Random shots of random people and birds.





Sunset Lovers!


Sand Castle and the sculptor. This thing was amazing!






Old Town Art.








Old Town jail from the 1800's. All metal...this would be SO HOT!

Back to Vegas.

The Bellagio.





Mime. He's the Money guy on Monopoly. He was very good.

A little M&M FUN!


We tested the different flavors of Coke. Some of them were ok but some were GROSS!




The trip ended and we had to get back to reality. It was four days short. Can't wait for the next adventure. That's what we are all about. Where to next kids?

3 comments:

Tiffany said...

Mom, we're doing Hawaii next year...maybe it would be easier if you just came with! :)

Ashley said...

Ohh that was the funnest trip! Next time we need to get more pictures with YOU in them :)

Ashley said...

And the picture with Dave and the orange slice still makes me laugh so hard!