What We Did On Our Vacation

We went on vacation a little while ago and had a great time. We had exchanged a week we have in Park City for a week in San Diego so that is where we were. We left on a Saturday morning and drove to Las Vegas, where we spent the night at a Holiday Inn Express. We didn't actually stay in Vegas, we stayed in Henderson and we couldn't even tell we were close to Vegas - no flashing lights, no street venders trying to give you business cards for different "entertainment", no bumper to bumper traffic on the Boulevard, there wasn't a casino we had to walk thru to check in, no smokey atmosphere - it was great!!! \ We drove up to the temple and wandered around, had dinner at IHOP and just relaxed that night.

Next morning, after having a nice free breakfast at the motel, we headed to San Diego. The BH decided it was her turn to drive so I got to relax even more. She drove all the way to San Diego. There aren't many people who I feel comfortable riding with (I really like to drive no matter what), but I'm fine when she drives. We got to San Diego way before we were supposed to be able to check in. They said that there was a room available right then if I wanted to check it out. I was given a key to check out the room and they said that something nicer might be available after check-in time. Let me tell you, after seeing the room that was available originally, I was ready to turn around and drive home. It was about the size of a bathroom. There was a window but it looked out onto another wall!!!!!! I told them we would wait.

We drove around a little, then parked the car and wandered downtown San Diego till we could check into our room. We stayed at the Gaslamp Plaza Suites just a few blocks from Petco Stadium and a couple blocks from where Barbara says is her favorite place to stay when in San Diego (the Sophia.) Well, we went to our room and I was totally amazed at the difference between the first room and the one we were staying in. We could see the harbor from the wall of windows making up the west side of the room, there was an "office" area, a little mini kitchen with a fridge and microwave and some dishes, ample closet and storage space and the bathroom had a tub and shower. The BH was glad it had a tub since we don't have one in our house and she likes to soak. It was VERY nice and we both agreed that we would stay there again. There is valet parking, so we didn't even have to worry about the car being secure. Well, we got settled and then decided to wander some more.

We were only 2 blocks from the Horton Mall and that is where we ended up. We did a little window shopping and ate dinner there. We went back to our room and decided to see if we could find places of interest in the area. We were told that we could walk to Balboa Park and the zoo from there (it was only about a mile away). We drove there though and decided that we would do the zoo the next day. Well, we went back to our room and relaxed and planned the rest of the week then turned in for the night.

Just a little history - last Christmas, the BH gave me a GPS and we hadn't really used it to guide us to various places so we tried it on our vacation. We had map-quested directions to San Diego and the motel so we had printed instructions on how to get there and we also used the GPS. The GPS worked perfectly. We didn't use the printed instructions at all!!!! It gave us warnings several miles ahead of time so we knew when we needed to get in the appropriate lane to exit or when to stay left or right and then even said "after x number of yards, turn left or right - you have reached your destination." I only got lost once and that was when I attempted to go someplace without using the GPS since we had driven there the night before. I didn't follow the BH's directions and we ended up going in circles for a little while till she got me straightened out. I'm a man and you all know that men don't or won't ever ask for help in getting someplace.

Well, enough for one day.....stay tuned for another installment, possibly coming as soon as tomorrow!