This is a diary of the life and times of the West Coast people viewed by a Southern Girl. So far the landscape is full of vast, endless huge ant hills or maybe dinosaur dung? It could have been left by Dino! Maybe not, but we had fun with it. All of a sudden, a big pile of rocks would appear out of nowhere! How in the world did they get here? It looks like a huge tractor pushed them into the piles. Can you say, Alien? I can see now, this trip is going to be a Hoot!
We haven't had any contact with people yet, but I'm also getting hungry! I eat like a baby, every three hours or so whether I need it or not. Yes, I'm looking for something to eat besides Mexican! Come on, this is still America! I think! Maybe not! Oh look, it's a McDonald's! At least I can get chicken, my stomach thanks you! It's only 108 outside, so I'm sitting in the car while my love gets the food so my beautiful roses stay cool. I know I forgot to tell you about the roses. They were sent to me by my daughter for my birthday and they are beautiful. My honey didn't want to leave them at home, so they came on the trip with me.
Wow, a lady is sitting at a table on her computer in McDonald's. Is life that serious or stressful that it requires a laptop and a phone while eating lunch? Pray for the satellite to work or her life is toast! Would she be able to live without the flat box to communicate? Let's hope so. I'm wondering if my love has encountered any English while ordering my food? His patience is not very long neither is his tolerance for businesses not to have someone who could communicate in understandable English. If his eyebrows are up, I'll know the answer! His eyebrows weren't up but he was not disappointed in the language barrier. He had to say the order three times and it still came out wrong. Maybe, she couldn't understand Southern! However, not all was lost. He found a little humor in replying, clean up on aisle one, when he knocked over his large drink. This was by accident, I might add! I'm glad I was in the car!
Now that lunch is over, can you say potty break and change drivers! My turn! I'm so comfortable behind the wheel that I've actually considered a career that included driving somehow. A constant vacation, that's it. I could travel the country and rate hotels and the services provided! I would be willing to sacrifice my job to be on a vacation all the time! No problem! Nice thought, but my dream is over now.
Our TomTom, which we call Shirley, talks to me like my God is talking to me. I couldn't live without either! Stay In The Left Lane! Go Straight On! Turn Around When Possible and Right Turn in one Mile! She talks all the time and gets ticked whenever we stop for something. We just say, hang on Shirley we'll get on the right track in a minute. Shirley will be a blessing in more ways than one on this trip!
After finding tons of sightseeing tours and locations we had our first choice, The USS Midway Museum! We walked all over that aircraft carrier while listening to an audio tour through head phones. You just type in the number of your location and the story begins. I thought about all the young men and women who served their time aboard her, doing hard jobs and making hard choices for us to be free. God Bless each and every one of them! It was just awesome! Afterwards, we found a restaurant called, The Boat House. Our meals were fabulous! What a way to end the day!
I was told by people, you have to visit the Hotel Del Coronado and the Coronado Beach. It's old and has character and has a very interesting story. I like old and I really enjoyed walking all over the hotel, very pretty, very busy and very expensive! Two days later we came back to the Island and rode our bikes all around the water, the sailboats and the Navy Base. The sights were wonderful and the weather was perfect! My love had his own idea the day before, The Del Mar Race Track! That was OK with me because we love going to the horse races. We've been to a few on the East Coast and you can't ever tell what might happen, like the jockey falling off the horse during the race! Our horse Won but had no Rider! Which means, we Lost!
We are not early risers anymore, done that, over that. We like to stay up late and sleep late, that way you miss all the rush hour traffic! At least, that's what we tell people. So, for us to leave the room to have breakfast before noon is a miracle! Mornings consisted of coffee and a muffin at the local gas station!
I had fun with a few signs out there. One sign read, A Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was located on a highway under construction. I wanted a flag from the flag lady but nobody was working on a Friday! I figured we paid for that since I'm a tax payer so I wanted a flag for my collection. Next came the Easy Life Furniture Store sign! I had two thoughts on this one, was it maybe outdoor furniture or was it for the illegals coming into Ca.? Hey, I can wonder, can't I? Plus, I'm almost positive that a car full of illegals was beside me going on a bypass! They looked suspicious! We followed each other for quite awhile and then he turned off. Oh, then we saw a big sign, Tattoo Expo! You have got to be kidding me, a whole Expo just for Tattoos! I think I'll have to miss that one, maybe next time.
Besides the flowers, my family went together to buy me a Kindle! I had great fun playing my games on it every single night and I'll be downloading books real soon. On the drive out, I kept asking my love, have we been here before? He always replied, No. My memories are a little confused or I'm confused. I've had so many memories that I think they are just blending together! I told him, it will take both of us to get through the rest of our lives! We'll probably need a check list every morning just to get started, but we aren't there yet, so no worries! I begged Shirley to please find me a Red Lobster! She came through again, only 10 minutes away! Thanks, Shirley!
We visited The Old Town Historic District and we even made it to the last house in the USA, which was 4 sale. We stood on the beach and to the left Navy Helicopters were doing maneuvers and to the right we could see Mexico! We love anything that deals with our military and watching any aircraft in flight is a bonus!
The service and the people at our hotel could not have been nicer. The rooms were very pretty and the bed was very comfortable and the food wasn't bad either! We would stay there again in a New York Minute! And it didn't hurt that I had decorated the room with my flowers!
So, I conclude that Southern Hospitality also exist and was equalled by our Western Friends! It was sad but we had to leave. I'm still looking for the bag of $20's on the side of the road! I guess I'll have to start saying the bag of $100's since things cost so much more now. We plugged Shirley in and she was so happy to tell us Where to Go! Just like so many other people in the world, but all we have to do is unplug her! Travel this beautiful country of ours, go East to West or North To South, just Go and stay safe. We'll see you on the flip side and always say your prayers!
The Commoner
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