It’s that Christmas time of the year again; normally that means Mere and I board an airplane and head north for a snow-filled Christmas in Minnesota. This year was a little different though. We opted to stay here in San Diego and some of our family came out to visit. What a time we had…
Author: Phil
The other side of the mountain.
What’s on the other side of Monserate Mountain you ask? Lucy could tell you; she’s been there (or at least seen the other side). Just another Saturday here in SoCal. A little hiking adventure… no big deal. Monserate Mountain (1500ft at the peak so not really a mountain) is up in the Fallbrook area. We…
Festober or is it Oktival?
Or maybe we should just leave it as Oktoberfest since it has a better ring to it. We would be remiss, and yelled at, if we didn’t make a post about Dr. Joel S. Tilleson Esq. visiting last month. Boy what a time we had! It was great to see our old friend. We spent…
Monday Funday
So ever since I’ve been out here I’ve heard rumors of this place called Mt. Palomar. Supposedly it’s a great place to ride your motorcycle; so great in fact that on the weekends there are frequently groups of 50-100 motorcyclists riding up and down the mountain for hours at a time. Mt Palomar is kind…
Yellow beer is for wussies?
Mr John Fairall III graced us with his presence last weekend. Good times indeed. Too bad he doesn’t live closer so we could kick it more often. So apparently you do NOT drink yellow beer at The Tap Room in PB. I wonder if the bartender just grabbed any old glass behind the bar or…
Every night is date night
Just another lovely San Diego evening. We’re more than a bit spoiled with the weather here. It’s “unbearably hot” when it’s 85 out and it’s “unbearably cold” when it’s 72. This weather lends itself to many-o-enjoyable nights spent dining out on our patio. Add to that the fact that I haven’t seen my beloved grill…
Memorial Day with Pickles
Double Peak and the Del Mar Dog Beach were the highlights of my weekend here in San Diego. Lucy was invited to both events as well. Her first trip to the dog beach was a success to say the least. Until today, her only water experience was me throwing her in the pool at the…
It’s not big but Lucy doesn’t mind…
So it’s been a few weeks and we’re still living in the wonderful Extended Stay in Oceanside. I checked into my new squadron, HMLA/T-303, a few weeks ago and it’s been busy, busy, busy ever since. They handed me a few thousand pages of user manuals for the new UH-1Y helicopter and I started to…
Long hike, short drive
Did both today and they took the same amount of time. We woke up, ate breakfast, and headed back into the National Park. Lucy was left at the Grand Canyon kennels and we headed off to the Bright Angel trail. 6 miles round trip from 6,700 ft at the rim to 4,500 ft at the…
Snow in Mexico!?
Well I don’t know if there was any snow in Mexico but New Mexico had some waiting for us when we woke up. Haven’t had to brush snow off our cars in quite some time… We got an early start on the day and arrived at the Grand Canyon around 4pm. It was a rough…