San Diego

 En route to San Diego, we stopped for a mountain view of Palm Springs, and then popped in to see a work contact of Chris's who gave us eggs from their chickens and tomates off all their tomato plants!

After a quiet week in Palm Springs, a house with its own backyard and pool we found our arrival at Mission Beach, San Diego a bit of a shocker! It is a hub of action here with loads of people! However, our condo's location was FANTASTIC!

This was the view! And here is the building, just behind these two super boogie boarders .

Having a beach, literally out the front door was great, besides handy. Even though we had a busy week, we did find time to hang out on Mission Beach.

It was also fun to ride bikes along the beach boardwalk. One destination was Belmont Park, with some fun rides, and HUMUNGOUS ice cream cones! :) What a great day by the ocean.

Belmont park is also home to the Giant Dipper, a wooden roller coaster. It was first built in 1925!! We found the ride a bit rough as there was no smooth glider style rails and comfy cars like the newer coasters. :)

Mission Beach is a peninsula, so if we walked the other way, through lovely back lanes, we would arrive at a bay.

It was a fun and busy week. We bought "GO SAN DIEGO" cards through Costco on line and saved a lot!. Most definitely, we will use a GO card when we travel again to a large centre with lots of museums, theme park, and activities.