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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
I Suppose
I suppose I should post an update as it's been a while since the last real post. Last week my parents came to visit and spent six days here in SoCal. Sorry for the lack of pictures, we didn't have a working camera. Bare with me, this will be a longer than usual blog. I promise the next one's won't be so long winded.
Overcast skies were the norm for the first three days of their visit. Tracy and I had to work on Thursday, so my parents were on their own. They're big kids, so we figured they could handle it. They hit up Old Town Temecula and then made it over to a winery for a late lunch. Sounds like they enjoyed themselves. We got a sweet Friends Welcome, Relatives By Appointment plaque from my parents that they acquired in Old Town antiquing ... my mom's favorite pastime. Kind of like her baseball.
On Friday, my dad and I donated to the local Indian tribe, losing $100 cumulative at the Pechanga Casino before we headed to meet Tracy in Orange County. My mom was smart and just looked on as we dumped cash into their pockets. We met up with Tracy around 2 p.m. after a trip across the Ortega and the four of us had lunch overlooking the ocean in Laguna Beach. It was a really quaint location and even better than the scenery was the food. After lunch, we made our way to Anahiem stopping at Huntington Beach on our way for shopping. Once we got to Anahiem we scalped some excellent seats for the Angels v. Mariners game that was proceeded by a much better than expected fireworks show. Bang, ooooh, awe.
The overcast weather persisted in to Saturday with a nagging mist ... not ideal for enjoying the world renowned San Diego zoo. Turns out the day worked out perfect. The mist quit as we entered the zoo, and it managed to keep the crowds down too. The zoo just opened its new African Safari featuring elephants and Jaguar that was really impressive. Overall, the zoo was great and we did a good job of saving money. Tracy and I are now zoo members, a less expensive alternative to buying four admission passes. It cost us $80 and the membership lasts for a year, came with two guest passes and discount passes. Standard admission for four adults would be $140. Our other cost saver ... we packed lunches and brought souvenier plastic cups from our last trip to the Wild Animal Park. The zoo refilled them for free, which was a $11 savings! Once we returned home, my dad and I grilled up some delicous steaks and chicken ... Tracy and my mom were off on their own adventure as Tracy picked up my birthday gift. I'll update you more on that in another blog.
Sunday the weather turned, turned really hot. We headed out to Palm Springs to visit my mom's second cousin in 98 degree temps. Downtown Palm Springs was a little disappointing. I guess it has appeal for the sunny skies, but it just wasn't my scene. Palm Springs just didn't live up to the hype. The only cool thing, literally, was the mist features outside the shop awnings. Other than that, nothing to see here, move along. Nevertheless, Tracy and I enjoyed the pool and the sun and my parents enjoyed catching up with two people whose names I can't remember. I'm sure they were great names though. Later we hit up a mexican restaurant that was just OK. Fairly standard mexican food fare.
I also took a vacation on Monday afternoon and spent time with my parents bumming around at our outdoor mall here in Temecula. Tracy managed to swing another half-day and the weather was sky blue and 70. Pretty much perfect weather for a little wine tasting. We bought a bottle of blush wine at Wilson Creek and enjoyed the high alcohol content and some cheese and crackers. My mom seemed to enjoy the high alcohol content more than the rest of us though :)
On Tuesday morning, I took my parents down to La Jolla before their flight and we did the standard walk on the beach. Then, we headed over to the must see and smell ... the seals! We got to the cove just in time and were able to stand right above some of the biggest and stinkiest of the bunch. It's always fun to see the seals. After that, we had a really good lunch at The Cottage in La Jolla and were off to the airport. Wow, six days goes fast. Especially when it's really, really fun. Thanks for visiting mom and dad, it was great to see both of you.
Overcast skies were the norm for the first three days of their visit. Tracy and I had to work on Thursday, so my parents were on their own. They're big kids, so we figured they could handle it. They hit up Old Town Temecula and then made it over to a winery for a late lunch. Sounds like they enjoyed themselves. We got a sweet Friends Welcome, Relatives By Appointment plaque from my parents that they acquired in Old Town antiquing ... my mom's favorite pastime. Kind of like her baseball.
On Friday, my dad and I donated to the local Indian tribe, losing $100 cumulative at the Pechanga Casino before we headed to meet Tracy in Orange County. My mom was smart and just looked on as we dumped cash into their pockets. We met up with Tracy around 2 p.m. after a trip across the Ortega and the four of us had lunch overlooking the ocean in Laguna Beach. It was a really quaint location and even better than the scenery was the food. After lunch, we made our way to Anahiem stopping at Huntington Beach on our way for shopping. Once we got to Anahiem we scalped some excellent seats for the Angels v. Mariners game that was proceeded by a much better than expected fireworks show. Bang, ooooh, awe.
The overcast weather persisted in to Saturday with a nagging mist ... not ideal for enjoying the world renowned San Diego zoo. Turns out the day worked out perfect. The mist quit as we entered the zoo, and it managed to keep the crowds down too. The zoo just opened its new African Safari featuring elephants and Jaguar that was really impressive. Overall, the zoo was great and we did a good job of saving money. Tracy and I are now zoo members, a less expensive alternative to buying four admission passes. It cost us $80 and the membership lasts for a year, came with two guest passes and discount passes. Standard admission for four adults would be $140. Our other cost saver ... we packed lunches and brought souvenier plastic cups from our last trip to the Wild Animal Park. The zoo refilled them for free, which was a $11 savings! Once we returned home, my dad and I grilled up some delicous steaks and chicken ... Tracy and my mom were off on their own adventure as Tracy picked up my birthday gift. I'll update you more on that in another blog.
Sunday the weather turned, turned really hot. We headed out to Palm Springs to visit my mom's second cousin in 98 degree temps. Downtown Palm Springs was a little disappointing. I guess it has appeal for the sunny skies, but it just wasn't my scene. Palm Springs just didn't live up to the hype. The only cool thing, literally, was the mist features outside the shop awnings. Other than that, nothing to see here, move along. Nevertheless, Tracy and I enjoyed the pool and the sun and my parents enjoyed catching up with two people whose names I can't remember. I'm sure they were great names though. Later we hit up a mexican restaurant that was just OK. Fairly standard mexican food fare.
I also took a vacation on Monday afternoon and spent time with my parents bumming around at our outdoor mall here in Temecula. Tracy managed to swing another half-day and the weather was sky blue and 70. Pretty much perfect weather for a little wine tasting. We bought a bottle of blush wine at Wilson Creek and enjoyed the high alcohol content and some cheese and crackers. My mom seemed to enjoy the high alcohol content more than the rest of us though :)
On Tuesday morning, I took my parents down to La Jolla before their flight and we did the standard walk on the beach. Then, we headed over to the must see and smell ... the seals! We got to the cove just in time and were able to stand right above some of the biggest and stinkiest of the bunch. It's always fun to see the seals. After that, we had a really good lunch at The Cottage in La Jolla and were off to the airport. Wow, six days goes fast. Especially when it's really, really fun. Thanks for visiting mom and dad, it was great to see both of you.
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