Catching Up
So when I last wrote I was in the train station in LA headed for San Diego and Ensenada, Mexico. I have since posted pictures of the trip to Ensenada and the following day with more Ensenada shots, shots of Adam’s new business venture, and some from around our immediate area in San Diego. I followed that up by putting up pictures from Yesterday at a few sites in San Diego. None of them have been captioned yet. I’ll try to get around to that, But for now will post a note on our recent activities.
The trip to San Diego by train was quick and simple. We arrived and waited for Adam at the Warbux across from the Amtrak station. It wasn’t a long wait, and so soon we were being scooped up by Adam’s partner, Stan, and whisked off to Mexico. Crossing into Mexico was a breeze, except we had to navigate around by back street due to massive loads of PM traffic. Stan showed us around the beach house, and it is really of the charts sweeet. His family uses it for breaks away from San Diego, as well as using it for a place to take clients when trying to close the deal. I can see how it would help with that.
We went out to dinner at a nice restaurant down the road, and it is a shame to see how empty the places there are. All the tourist have been scared off by news horror stories about the drug violence. I’m not saying there isn’t a violence problem, but so far it’s only effect on tourist has been their own fear. After the meal, we went back for a late night stroll on the beach. The weather was perfect. It was a great visit, if all too brief.
The next morning we did another beach walk, and then went to find some breakfast before heading to Tijuana again to see the factory. We had to make a couple of stops to find one open, as many have gone to weekends only due to loss of business. Then it was time to see the plant. It’s quite the operation, and I’m rooting for them to make this fly as the economy ticks up again.
The crossing back was not as easy. Stan had a special pass, but that means the rest of us had to walk across. Quite the lines and several arrest we got to watch. then there were lots of cops from several agencies all around on the US side. Some sort of crackdown, we assumed. Other than taking a bit of time, we had no trouble at all getting ourselves through.
After that Adam had work to do so we left him alone for the afternoon, but hooked up again for dinner in the Gas Lamp District, which our hotel is just on the edge of. Adam took us to his favorite place where he recommended their steak. I have to say I have NEVER had a steak that good anywhere else. We also walked around the area checking out spendy old cars and spendy old wine. I’m glad neither of those are habits of mine, as I spend enough on travel and don’t need any more expensive hobbies.
Yesterday, Adam and Stan had a full day of work and we planned to meet him to repay him with a dinner of our choosing. Rita and I started our day by heading over to Old Town and checking out some of the old buildings in the park there. We didn’t end up exploring the rest of the neighborhood as I was not feeling very energetic. We came back and took a break, then decided to check out the USS Midway in the harbor, which is just a short walk from our hotel. After that we had plans change as Stan invited Adam, Rita, and I to go to dinner with him, his wife Mel (Imelda) his youngest son and one of his sons friends. We ended up back in Old Town, but in the restaurant area instead of the park. Lots of great eateries to choose from, but Stan’s first choice was gone, so we went instead to his favorite mexican restaurant. It was really nice, and it was nice to meet Mel as we had heard so many good things about her the day before, and had been disappointed not to get to meet her then. After that we returned to the Hotel, and said our goodbyes to Adam as he had to fly out early this morning.
We started today with a trip to the local Bikrams Yoga Studio. Today I got lucky and had my Goldie Locks class. Jim, the teacher was also the owner. While the room WAS brutally hot, it wasn’t over hot like San Francisco. It was just the proper brutal heat called for in Bikrams. It was a bit humid, but I think that was because we decided we couldn’t comfortably make the first class at 6:30 AM using transit. After people practice in a room the humidity always is a bit more. Jim is still a friend of Bikram, and runs his class “by the book”. He was so detailed I didn’t have time to think and just did what I was told. He asked Rita to do her second set of standing separate leg stretch while the class watched to see the correct form. She got a round of applause. He also managed to get me into the second two parts of Awkward by explaining what I had been missing, and then got me all the way into another post that I’ve never completed by talking me all the way through it. It was just right.
After class I really wanted to just take some time off, and Rita has been wanting to go see Balboa Park, which is a huge nature pard with lots of museums and the zoo in it. I decided to do computer stuff and let her go on her own, as my knees are NOT up for that kind of walking. We haven’t decided on what all to do tomorrow, but we will make it a full day as it it the last. Sunday we board the train to make our way back to Seattle and work. I’m hoping to get time to caption those pics before I get home, but I’m not sure that will happen. I had planned to do it on the train last time but the Wi-Fi was out. I can’t do it if I don’t have internet access. So, if I don’t get them done before departure, I will be at the mercy of what the train has to offer. So no promises, but I’m trying.
We hope everyone is OK. We are kind of waiting to hear about our grandson Nicholas as he was having some problems that sounded like it could be appendicitis.
Our best, R&R