Lotsa train rides this week; we’re on a first-name basis with the Coaster ticket checker. Monday we went back to Balboa Park to eat lunch at the beautiful restaurant near the art museum and then to visit the art museum. (Charlie’s favorite thing to do!) Tuesday we took a trolley (bus) driven by Brian O’Brien…
On Monday, October 14, we again took the Coaster to San Diego to tour the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier from 1945-1992 that now serves as a museum in the harbor. The ship was built to accommodate 3,500 sailors but sometimes had as many as 4,500. The mattresses on the triple bunks – and many…
On Monday, October 7, we took the Coaster train to San Diego again and walked to beautiful Balboa Park. We walked through the Japanese Friendship Garden and ate lunch at the Tea Pavilion there. Many of the gardens and museums at Balboa Park were designed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition which, according to Wikipedia, “celebrated…
Let’s see…I walked to the eye doctor in Carlsbad Thursday (a couple miles each way) for an eye exam, new contacts, and new glasses while the kids walked in the opposite direction to get some more fruit and eggs at the farmers market. Then I stopped at the organic grocery, ATM (In network! No fees!),…
After a whirlwind couple o’ days in Colorado Springs where we caught up on mail and appointments, we flew to San Diego Monday night and took the train to Oceanside Tuesday. We’re staying in a lovely condo that’s less than a block from the Pacific Ocean. HOWEVER, the train tracks are as close as the…
Travels with Charlie and Laurel 