San Diego

I had to travel to San Diego this weekend for a work outing, and we decided that Nate should come with so that we could celebrate our anniversary when I wasn't working. I went there for a cholesterol screening tour that we are putting on.

The weather was INCREDIBLE. 80's and sunny. We were seriously considering moving to San Diego by the end of the weekend, and I am still considering it since it was snowing when we got home.

Anyway, Friday we checked out the tour, then headed to La Jolla and went for a long watch on the beach, watched some surfers, and had a good dinner. Then we did some swimming and hot-tubbing on the roof of our hotel.

Saturday, we woke up early and participated in a Pumpkin Patch 5K. Now first, let me tell you that this was quite nostalgic since it was literally 1 year from that day that we ran our race in Maui. Second, the marketing of this event was quite misleading.

Pre-race Post Race

- The trail was a dusty, gravel road that you ran half way out and back. You knew it was the half-way point when you got to the truck blocking the middle of the road, and it said half-way.

- They said the race would be in the pumpkin patch. Neither of us ever saw a pumpkin patch, and in order to even get close to a pumpkin or any of the other fall festivities we were hoping for, you had to pay an admission fee above the $30 to run the race. The only pumpkins we saw were through a chicken-wire fence.

- They marketed 'cow alley' as part of the course where the cows were lined up. What it should have been called was 'good luck running while holding your breath in the last 200 yards of the race because the cow-urine stench is so bad that even a Wisco girl felt her nose hairs curling--alley"...because in all honesty that sums it up a little more honestly.

But it was a good story, we finished the race, and had a great morning.

Later in the day, we went over to Coronado Island (which sparked Nate's singing of Hotel Coronado..sung to the tune of Hotel California--very creative...all day long). A little TOF birdie encouraged us to have a few adventures for the anniversary so the first one was to rent some cruiser bikes that we took around the island. Thanks Cathy! It was beautiful, and we had a great time.

After some more mexican food and mojitos, we decided it would be a really good idea to drive to Tijuana. Yep...liquid courage. But, since I only had 1 mojito the courage died off quite quickly, and as soon as we saw the "LAST USA EXIT" sign, we quickly veered off for fear that once across the border, we wouldn't get back...given that we didn't have our passports this was probably a good idea. I seem to remember a 'pep talk' from my father that went something like "I WILL NOT COME BAIL YOU OUT OF A MEXICAN PRISON" right around spring break time when I was in college, and I figured the same would apply here.

It was a great weekend. Now I just need to get through my midterm tomorrow and more fun can commence!