Usually work stuff stays off the blotter but since it was a family event and all… The Squadron had a family day on Saturday complete with fast roping, rockets, guns, cotton candy, and a “jumpy” as they’re called out here. Mere snagged a few pictures of me flying during the event and Carolyn got to…
Category: San Diego Adventures
Somewhere in SoCal
And break…
With all the work around the house plus traveling, flight planning and studying we hadn’t had much down time lately. Last weekend we took a break from the to do list and didn’t lift a finger around the house. We slept in, cooked, shopped, soaked up some sun on the beach and shared a beer…
Fish Creek in the desert
Fish Creek in the desert – we were there! Well… actually we were at Fish Creek Wash but who’s keeping score anyway? The Wiktors and a two other couples decided to do a little desert camping over the weekend. Saturday we headed up to the Anza Borrego desert with a tent and a dozen bottles…
New camera, new wine, and more fun
So finally after a years worth of wanting, months of research, a few last minute changes, we bought a Digital SLR camera. Picking the camera wasn’t too difficult but finding the “perfect” lens was a little more difficult. After all the dust settled we decided to go with a one-size-fits-all type lens: the Tamron 18-200mm…
Hung by the chimney with care
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…
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…
May gray, June gloom…
That is how San Diegans describe the May and June weather in southern California. Phil and I aren’t quite sure what they are talking about. Although we did have to suffer through 3 days of “rain” (less than an inch accumulated) May and June thus far have been beautiful.
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…