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the whirlwind trip to the motherland has been great! seeing lots of people, visiting lots of places, eating lots of stuff…it’s been everything we’d hoped it would be. thought i’d give you a few highlights from the past couple of days (since i’ve been offline for a while):
it’s really crowded out here.
the san diego that everybody sees on television or visits on vacation is not the real san diego.
san diego is the most culturally and economically diverse place i have ever visited. even more than los angeles, as far as i’m concerned.
where else would you find a korean family standing in line at a taco stand? too cool.
we bought tickets from a scalper to go to the “sold out” padre-dodger game on the fourth of july. we got to sit in the first row of the left field deck…right behind manny. here’s a shot of wanda before the game started:
we had a blast. the left field bleachers were full of dodger fans…maybe just as many as padre fans. trash talking went on non-stop for the whole three hours!
there’s a reason i grew up a dodger hater…
i’m probably not the most patriotic guy you will ever meet, but i gotta tell you, nobody does the fourth of july better than san diego. military towns have got it going on around this holiday!
we found a place up on a hill, overlooking mission bay, to watch fireworks. it was awesome. we were able to watch six different fireworks shows going on at the same time…and then the finale at sea world at the end. pretty sweet!
we were on our way to one of our favorite san diego eateries, el pollo loco, and decided to stop and get a snack at another place…and then resumed our trip to the crazy chicken! just because we could.
walmarts are the same everywhere you go.
all of california is a hands free state. that means no talking on the cell phone while you drive (unless you’ve got an ear piece). it’s been a real hassle, but i wish we did it in the great state!
people say we don’t have a texas accent. here’s my question: do you think we have a california accent…dude?
kids who grow up on the beach all look the same. always have. always will.
have i told you it’s 72 degrees out here? if i haven’t, i’ll let our friends scott, gayla, and jordan congdon tell you. they are the founders (and also president and ceo) of amor ministries, the ministry organization we go on our mexico mission trips with. i’ll write a little later on their insight into the drug cartel danger at the border. it’s pretty interesting…
we found a church to go to today that had a 12:35 start time. yeah…12:35. you gotta like that.
their band played three songs that we do. their band has nothing on ours!
preacher preached for 55 minutes. not sure i could get away with that. pretty sure i wouldn’t want to.
nobody greeted us. nobody said a word to us.
it’s a big church, so i’m not sure how they would ever know who was new and who wasn’t.
i missed north point today.
we drove to orange county (south of los angeles…not south of beaumont) this afternoon. pretty sure all of los angeles was driving home to LA while we were on the road.
the coast of california was stunning today. too bad the water temp is always 69 degrees. here’s my question: why couldn’t god have put the water temp of the pacific ocean in the gulf of mexico? seems like the people who live in 100 degree temps would appreciate it more.
we drove the pacific coast highway for nearly two hours. we went through places like san clemente, dana point, san juan capistrano, laguna nigel, laguna beach, newport beach, huntington beach. sounds exotic.
i really want to take my california friends for a drive in texas…through places like muleshoe, cut-n-shoot, gun barrel city, ding dong, and pflugerville.
i have a new favorite snack: carne asada fries. it’s sort of a northern baja version of chili pie. fries piled with carne asada, quacamole, cheese, sour cream, queso mexicano, red chile salsa. mmm…
got a big week ahead.
as much fun as we are having, we can’t wait to get back home. really.
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