We are finishing up our two week stay here in the San Diego area. We are staying just outside the city in a town called Santee. It is a very nice RV park that is part of a large regional park. We stayed here a couple of years ago and really enjoyed our stay. The park is great for walking and biking and is close to all the San Diego things to see and do. The weather, during this stay, was typical Southern California, 70’s during the day and 40’s at night.
We did take some excursions while here. First was a drive into the mountains to see the towns of Alpine (nothing to really see) and Julian (great little town for a stop). The weather that day was a little cold with some rain so our stay in Julian was short. We did have a great lunch at an old café and took a couple of slices of famous Julian pie home (apple/blueberry and apple crunch).
We met up with some friends who are fellow full timers who we follow on Facebook. We met them a couple or years ago while in Lake of the Ozarks and have followed each others travels since. They are staying up the Interstate in Menifee so they came down to catch up and have lunch.
We took a drive out to Point Loma and Cabrillo National Monument as we had never stopped to see this area before. It was a gorgeous day so it made for great viewing from the point. From here you can see all the naval operations on North Island, downtown San Diego and Coronado.
From there we drove over to Shelter Island and had a nice lunch at the Blue Wave grill.
Our next excursion was to see the Mission Basilica of San Diego. This was the first mission founded by Father Junipero Serra in California. Most of the mission had been destroyed over the years but they were able to use part of the original façade, some of the bells, the tile for the mission floor and some wood beams.
From there we drove into San Diego and walked around the downtown area. We visited the Gaslamp District which is a 16 block area that has numerous bars and restaurants. We had lunch, outdoors, at Café 21. Very nice lunch.
We leave on Thursday for the Santa Barbara area to spend the weekend then Morro Bay, Lake Lopez (meet up with Fran’s cousins) and then Bakersfield.
We are coming up our four year anniversary of “Life on the Road”. Look for my next post regarding this milestone.
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