Travel Blogs from San Diego, United States
Oggis
I'm sure many of you have heard of the infamous Oggi's crew. These insanely fun drinking buddies are the same people I work with while serving beer at Oggi's. "Thank you for calling Oggi's Pizza and Brewery Mission Valley, this is Katie how may I ...
Day 3 - Casa Grande, AZ to San Diego, CA
We headed out early (5:30 am) this morning for San Diego, Californiae. We finally left I-10....and drove on I-8. The desert of Arizona makes the desert of west Texas seem lush, but it has a stark beauty. The saguaro cactus make for an interesting ...
Sea World
... the penguins , the horses , the sharks , the manatees, the dolphin show , and a ride in the tower where we got a great view of San Diego at sunset. Plus another go at the playground before we headed back to the house for the ...
Shoppen en een korte stadsverkenning
... souvenir winkeltjes en restaurantjes. Je kan je hier inbeelden hoe het was in de jaren 1850. Het is trouwens feest vandaag in San Diego. Overal hangt de Amerikaanse vlag te wapperen. Morgen moeten we eens vragen wat er te vieren valt. Nu gaan we slapen ...
National Blinker Day
I have dubbed today National "I Will Use My Blinker" Day, which I shortened from the somewhat longer "I Will Use My Blinker at the Appropriate times and remember to shut it off after merging into my lane" Day..... frustration mounting... Anyway, a ...
i need help......
Wieso ich Hilfe benötige? Bin Krank, hatte gestern Fieber, Kopfschmerzen und Schwindelgefühl. Na toll. Es kommt wahrscheindlich daher das wir am Sonntag shoppen waren und es ziemlich kalt war. Zum Glück kann man in jedem Supermarkt eine halbe tonne ...
A man and a mouse
... day was 20 minutes for the submarine. It was so much fun. The weather was also great. We left the rain behind in San Diego, but Anaheim stayed cool enough to not roast while waiting in our very short lines. We had to leave Disneyland earlier than ...
Day of the Dentist
If you haven't picked up on it by now, we are BIG on barter. We always try to see what may be available in each city on barter. In case you were interested we are getting the carpets cleaned in the RV this week, Riley is getting groomed and the boys went ...
A Recap of it All!
I know everyone has missed these entries ; ) We decided to add one last blog for our Borneo trip to bring it on home . . . The slideshow takes a few minutes to upload, the quality isn't spectacular, but we hope you enjoy it!!! ~Abi, Libby, ...
San Diego
... were 5 lanes full of traffic moving very slowly in both directions, crazy... Today we have spent most the day wandering around San Diego which is a beautiful place. It reminds me of Boston but with Palm trees! We are staying right downtown which is ...
Home At Last
We did it! We took our two children around the world in 90 days, visiting 28 countries in all (two more than our original plan). Both Gailen and Stirling arrived home safe and sound last night, and both were back in school this morning. Laura and I ...
Last port in of the USA
... (big shout out to the ron and bob dog) who told me that their old man was in the military but i never realised that san diego had such a large connection with the force. As moored up at towards the end of the harbour was a massive aircraft hanger which ...
Getting Ready, Getting Excited, Getting Going . .
Just getting packed up and ready to move out! Erin, Libby, Andrea, Camille and I (Abi) would like to post updates to this Travelblog and we'd like to send them to you all. So I am starting right now with a boring blog so we can get it up and running ...
No Entry to Mexico
... bad for the statistics, so it was going to be easier just to refuse us entry. This was our assumption.) We returned back to San Diego and to the house where we were staying: it was very pleasant to sit out in the garden in the warm evening, looking ...
Whale's Vagina.
... , which of course in German means 'a whale's vagina'" - Ron Burgundy. Anyway... To celebrate Shelly's 29th birthday we planned a day at San Diego Zoo (about a two and a half to three hour drive from LA). She is none-the-less dissapointed we had no cake. ...
The Trek begins :)
... and watch this space! Then we were off to our first stop....... San Deigo A quick(ish) 3 hour drive from LA and we arrived at San Diego. We went up Mount Segundo to get a good view of the city! it was amazing! you could see the whole city in all ...
San Diego
... a dog who's name was Jake, that was a bit protective, but loosened up later on in the week. Our first stop in San Diego was the world famous San Diego Zoo. It was the best Zoo I had ever been to with animals I had never heard of ...
Bike riding and dinner downtown
Unfortunately, the weather was not wonderful today. But, we made the best of it. The boys played with other kids in the park. They rode bikes, skateboarded, and played board games. This afternoon we decided to go down to the beach and ride bikes. Kelly ...
Leaving ViaSat
ViaSat threw me a wonderful retirement party, hard to work the last couple weeks as feeling like a parttimer, with so much to do. To complicate things, the flight to Lax was too expensive, so we decided to drive; then Julia was giving her car to her ...
Do not donate to the Red Cross!
... I made it. Life has a funny way of doing everything to you. Do I wish that I had never left the states? Just sunk into the rut and been "safe"? Hell no! The depth of my existince is due to (...well, many, ...
Touring the area
Ian and Dawn were kind enough on Tuesday to give us the grand tour of the area. We went to: -Mount Helix - very cool high point and scenic view of the entire metro -Shelter Island - right along the bay - saw a seal and met a nice French ...
Leaving on a jetplane
Tonight, I board a red-eye flight to Aruba via Atlanta from the San Diego airport. I writing this travelogue retroactively, so bear with me as I slip between present and past tense :) It would take me 12 hours or so of travel time and getting in to Aruba ...
Dan Diego.
... in Lucille's was too hot to touch. I snoozed and Dan rocked out to music until we finally arrived at our creepy hotel in San Diego. I was comforted by the friendly face in the cooker and then we headed to the beach, which is where we perch now. It is ...
Getting ready to leave
As most of you know I have accepted an invitation from the Peace Corps to volunteer in Panama to work on community environmental conservation. Tomorrow I leave for Washington D.C. for pre-service training, and Wednesday I will arrive in Panama! I will ...
Süsser bitterer Freitag
Ach Gott, heute möchte ich gar nicht in der Schule sein. Es ist eine riesen Craduation von allen meinen Freunden: Deana, Paula, Mariana, Sarah, Michele und Familie heul. Man ist das hart, denn du weisst man sieht sich wahrscheindlich nie mehr wieder. ...
Getting Closer
I am real close to hitting the hiway...Passport in hand! Still a couple of loose ends to tie up and I'm off. The other nite I met Chad who will be joining me, and feel bad to keep him in town longer than he wanted. Have all the gear I need but would ...
zoo shots
retrospect
... nbsp; It's been three weeks now since the return of our feral little adventure and I've settled in nicely to life back in the states. The period of acclimating ones self to the cold reality of your life upon return is always a difficult time for me. ...
Day Four, Sunshine and Sandwiches
... Diego Red Trolley, was also very nice, and highly recommended if you're ever in the area. The afternoon leg of the whole San Diego experience started with a cruise around the Bay, which in itself was very interesting but was made even more-so by a visit ...

