San Diego

I left on Wednesday morning---really early had to catch a 6:40 a.m. flight to San Diego with some friends....It was warm Tuesday and Snowed Wednesday....It's been crazy weather in Utah, but we were looking forward to some time in the Sun. It was great! We got there about 9:00 a.m. , checked into the Marriott Courtyard, just a few blocks from the beach and convention center. We spent the first day, just getting our directions streight....and learning to ride the trains. We went to Old San Diego and did some sight seeing there. The second day we got up very early, rented a car and made good use of my GPS.... we drove up to Newport Beach and went to the temple.....they were so kind to us and let us tour the temple. It's really quite small, everyone who works in the Temple does lots of jobs.....It's the first Temple that I've seen that is terriacotta and built mission style......then we got finished and went to the San Diego Temple for a second session that day..... It's magnificant! A garden on the second floor that opens up to the heavens.......the celestial room is two floors.....the winding staircase is only for dreams....It's a beauty! We got home late that night and had to eat dinner at Fudruckers.... The last day was for sight seeing....we went to the San Diego cultural center and saw the exhibit...."A day in Pompeii".......Very Interesting! There were plaster casts of several of the men and women who died when Mt. Vesuvious erupted on August 24th 79A.D. It was heart wreching, you could see facial features as well as creases in their clothing -quite an advanced Roman civilization. I remember studying this event while in Elementary school. I was impressed then as well as now. We saw many of the artifacts as well. Then we hopped the trains and went to Seaport Village. I found a beautiful ring there and was really impressed by it......until they told me it was $799.00...... My friends did purchase some jewlery....but I couldn't bring myself to $799.00 plus taxes......

NO SALE......Not that impressed. We walked and walked and trained and trained......We had a seafood dinner on the ocean..... Yep I ate sea food...... Not very well.... But I did eat Sea Food....... We came home tired, but had a wonderful time....... Promised ourselves to do this again soon. Oh yeah, I did get sun....and a wee bit of a burn..... Enjoy the photos