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 Jun 28 2009, 04:53 PM
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Veteran Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,323 Joined: 30-March 06 From: Detroit Suburbs Member No.: 1,144  |
I figure I own everyone a little trip summary for all the good advice given. So here it is..
Sunday: travel day. Moved into our hotel in downtown San Diego. Walked around the city a little that night and had dinner. Not much else. Monday: San Diego Zoo during the day. Dinner in downtown San Diego walked around the city. (IMG:http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/StanIROCZ/CA/DSC03128.jpg) Tuesday: Picked up rental car (parking in downtown SD is $20+/night = screw that), visited Coronado Island, got some sun on the beach, then drove to our resort in Oceanside. (IMG:http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/StanIROCZ/CA/DSC03178.jpg) Pic is of the infamous Hotel Del Coronado, one of the oldest and largest all-wooden buildings in California and a place where many many famous people have stayed through the years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_del_Coronado http://www.hoteldel.com/History.aspx Wednesday: Hollywood, Beverly Hills, walked the Hollywood Boulevard walk of fame, took a van tour of celebrity homes, had Coney Dogs at Pinks http://www.pinkshollywood.com/pgz/history.htm. We only had time for the part of Mulholland dr that goes up to the famous “Hollywood” sign. Not seeing the rest of Mulholland dr is my biggest regret next to getting sunburnt on Thursday. (IMG:http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/StanIROCZ/CA/DSC03244.jpg) Thursday: Hung out around the resort/beach in Oceanside and got sunburnt, bad. Walked the Oceanside Pier. Fought off sun poisoning that night. Friday: The highlight of my trip was driving hwy 154 from Santa Barbara up to the Santa Ynez Mountain range. Awesome curvy road and beautiful scenery. Met some nice people at a Vista Point (sight seeing stop) who told us some history behind Lake Cachuma (Spectacular clean looking lake, damned to create water supply for the region). (IMG:http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/StanIROCZ/CA/DSC03330.jpg) Had dinner at Cold Spring Tavern http://www.coldspringtavern.com/ (recommended by the nice people that we met) which is without question the most rustic place that I have ever eaten at. (IMG:http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/StanIROCZ/CA/DSC03339.jpg) Saturday: Checked out of Oceanside, drove back to the San Diego area. Stopped at La Jolla beach and saw some sea life. (IMG:http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/StanIROCZ/CA/DSC03350.jpg) The closest I’ve ever been to live seals. Stunk like a hog farm. Then visited Cabrillo National Park / Point Loma http://www.nps.gov/archive/cabr/lighthouse.html. Checked into our 3rd hotel in San Diego Bay (very close to airport). Didn’t have time for a tour of the USS Midway, but walked around it and took it in. Checked out some other boats in the harbor. Returned rental car to avoid $20/night parking. Sunday: flew home. Overall an awesome trip, but I recommend (like people already mention) doing it different than how we did since our timeshare accommodations limited us to Socal. I would have liked to have started in San Fran and progressively travel down to San Diego like others have suggested. We spent a lot of time on the road traveling North to LA and back one day then Santa Ynez, and back a couple days later. I wouldn’t expect the time spent in the car too much different if we started in San Fran and traveled south. Like Arnold says “I’ll be back” |
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Jun 29 2009, 10:14 PM
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Mullet club chairman Group: Advanced Members Posts: 786 Joined: 25-March 06 From: South Bend IN Member No.: 1,135 |
QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Jun 28 2009, 12:53 PM)  Who's the chucklehead standing with your wife? Is that the mail man??? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif) looks like an awesome trip, thanks for sharing. |
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Jun 30 2009, 03:17 AM
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Veteran Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,323 Joined: 30-March 06 From: Detroit Suburbs Member No.: 1,144 |
QUOTE (1meanZ @ Jun 29 2009, 06:14 PM) Who's the chucklehead standing with your wife? Is that the mail man??? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif) It's some random guy we found at the stop. He stepped in while I took the picture. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) douche bag isn't he? |
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Jun 30 2009, 04:35 AM
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Grumpy Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,722 Joined: 1-January 04 From: Bakersfield CA Member No.: 81 |
Glad you had a good time! This is the great thing about CA, if you don't like what you have in front of you, drive 2 to 4hrs and you wil
It was 107deg today were i live, i could drive 4hrs(maybe closer) and snow ski (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif) Come on back and see us again, maybe we can get you in a car without the wife knowing (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jun 30 2009, 05:06 PM
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CMCer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,932 Joined: 12-February 04 From: the sticks near VIR Member No.: 194 |
I was in San Diego this weekend at the convention center with the big Reptile Supershow. Had some locals take us to sushi at the "best place" there, then the next night my sister and brother in law (live in 29 Palms near the Joshua Tree) took us to their favorite place and I had three kinds of crab in a big metal bucket, with gobs of butter. I CAN believe I was born there! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Thanks for your pics, looks like you had an awesome time and went to some really cool places. You can never really go to them all! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) |
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