Beach Living

When we were planning our trip to Colorado for Bryan and Alyssa's wedding, we decided to tack on a stop in San Diego to visit Kevin's sister. Because if you're already flying 2/3 of the way across this country, you might as well fly all the way.

Upon landing in the San Diego airport, the first thing I did was trade out my snow boots for flip flops. DC had been in the grip of an unusually cold winter (though it didn't feel nearly as cold as the previous winter, it was actually colder). The day before we flew, we got six inches of snow and everyone except me got to take a snow day. But Southern California was, as ever, a perfect 70 degrees. Erin, having grown used to the weather since moving there a year ago, was wearing a down vest while Kevin and I happily donned short sleeves.

While in California we snuck in as much beach and sun time as we could. The first day we went for a hike near one beach, then over to another one to see the seals. Then it was back to Erin's neighborhood for what are, reportedly, the best tacos in San Diego. They were pretty delicious. Unfortunately, I'm not used to all that sun and warmth and walking, so I faded kind of early that night after getting a bit sunburned (my purse rubbed off the sunscreen I'd put on my shoulder). Luckily the bar we ended the night at was only a couple of blocks from Erin's apartment, so it was easy to get home and let everyone else stay out later.

On the second day I was little less enthusiastic about being out in the sun. We went down to Mission Beach, which can easily be enjoyed from the shade of the boardwalk. We ate lunch/dinner at a bar with fantastic views at about 2 in the afternoon, then proceeded to drink beer and play shuffleboard before switching over to indoor/outdoor mini-golf. We finished the night off with make-your-own ice cream sandwiches, wine, and board games.

It was a quick trip, but so nice to get some sun and sand in before heading back to winter in Colorado. I got bored of the weather after living in California for four years, but it's definitely a nice place to visit. I'll have to start finding more excuses to get over to that side of the country, especially with all the friends and family who live out there.