San Diego

We had an exhausting and wonderful Saturday in San Diego!

Ben came home from work sometime around 5:30am, and we loaded up the car and headed out. The plan was for him to sleep while I drove, but he stayed up instead. We dropped Sophi off at a day-boarding place near La Jolla, and then went to explore the beach there. There were pelicans and cormorants galore.

It was chilly, and we weren't sure about swimming yet, so we clambered around on rocks and checked out a tidal pool where we saw myriads of tiny lifeforms moving around... and one larger one! The seal hopped right up on a rock out in front of us, and watched us closely whenever we moved. :-)

We did snorkel then, and saw some fun fish we hadn't seen before. We were COLD when we left to grab lunch and head for our other stop....

The missions group from Sturgeon Bay was in San Diego on their way back from Mexico! So we spent a few hours with cousin Peter and a whole bunch of wonderful Wisconsin folks!! Jon Sowl even got Ben back out on a surfboard. :-D

It was really nice to see friendly faces from home.

After retrieving the dog, we headed back home (Ben slept like a log this time) through the traffic we had avoided earlier in the day. Arrived home safely, but sunburned and tired!