Saturday Adventure - San Diego

For our Saturday Adventure, we went to San Diego. Our main destination was Downtown San Diego, but we wanted to stop by the temple and just walk around. It was great being there. Even when you are just outside, it's magical. Jacob and I haven't been to the San Diego temple since we were married! That was over 5 years ago. We lived in Orange County, so we always went to the Newport Beach temple. It was a cloudy morning, but we had enough light!

We then made our way to Downtown SD and went to the USS Midway Museum. We wore our headphones for the audio tour-- which, after 15 minutes, I turned off because it was so boring lol. I was too busy just looking at everything and taking pictures! I have the attention span of a 4 year old.

Can you believe the guys slept in these 'bunks'? That's craziness. Talk about uncomfortable.

I love buttons and switches.

I peer-pressured Jacob and Dustin into doing one of the flight simulator rides! Haha. Well, they really didn't need to be pressured. I know they really wanted to go on lol! Boys will be boys...

I really wanted to buy that cap and goggles

This is on the top deck of the Midway. This is Jacob's favorite-- the F-14 Tomcat

Helicopters! I always have to say 'helicopter' in a british accent. Or I say "choppa". Hahaha... don't ask.

That's one big choppa

Look how happy he is sitting in there!

This huge statue was sculpted after the unforgettable photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square. It was titled "Kissing The War Goodbye" and photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. The sailor and nurse have been identified as Glenn McDuffie and Edith Shain... though many sailors and nurses came forward, claiming it was them who was in the picture.

Now on to Imperial Beach!
My favorite picture!

On our way home, we passed by the temple again. I hurried and opened my window, and snapped this shot! Not bad for being taken from a moving vehicle!

Saturday Adventure - Temecula / San Clemente

Today was fun-filled! I have been wanting to find old/vintage/unwanted furniture that I can re-upholster or refinish so I begged Jacob to take me around to some garage sales to see if we can find treasure lol. None found. We were too distracted by the hot air balloons in the air, so we decided to go to them! I've never been to wine country, and I've never seen hot air balloons up close, so this was a special treat! Even though we didn't ride in one, seeing them this close was good enough!

After the hot air balloon field trip we took, we went back home, did some yard work and a little bit of house cleaning, and rewarded ourselves by driving to T-Street in San Clemente! We brought our body boards and went body boarding! It was fun :) I hadn't done it since I was 11 years old and in Hawaii! Crazy.

I think this shot of Jacob turned out pretty well!

I saw a mother and her son playing. I just had to take a couple snaps

Typical Saturday.

Our house... in the middle of the street

Every Saturday morning, we wake up early (as in, earlier than 9am), and clean the house. I normally do the inside and Jacob does the outside. We both prefer it that way, so it works out-- everyone's happy :) Anyway, it was such a nice day out so I walked outside and took a pano of our house/neighborhood! And there's Jacob cutting the weeds!

Yes, his truck is temporarily parked in the wrong direction

WHY ME

There are areas on the Ortega Highway where you have signal and where you have NO HOPE! The area of no hope is in the canyon. No signal, and probably only 1 call box (which I still haven't seen).

While I was still in the canyon, my "( ! )" light/icon came up on my dash. This ( ! ) means that one of my tire's air pressure is low. The light never stayed on. It would turn off. Then turn back on. Anyway, I figured, "I'll just go to the closest gas station (in Ladera Ranch) and I'll put air in my tires". As soon as I started driving up towards the ranch where my favorite horses are, I could hear this "kadunk kadunk kadunk" sound. One of my tires was flat. I pulled over right away-- luckily I was only a few feet from a turn off. I called Jacob at home, he got in his truck and drove to come rescue me. Thank goodness he had that truck! I called AAA to come and put my spare on. I know how to change a tire. I just don't have enough strength to carry one! And I'm glad I didn't attempt to try to remove the flat because the tire (on the inside part) was shredded. It was like an unraveled stitch-- only it had these tiny needles sticking out of the tread and it cannot be fixed.

I was so bored while waiting for AAA and Jacob, I took a picture of the horses. Haha

Jacob came and he followed me to the nearest shop by my work in RSM, dropped off the Prius, and he drove me to work. I really hate getting flat tires-- yes, it has happened to me more than once. But I am grateful that it happened outside of the canyon and that I had phone signal. But I'm not grateful for having to pay so much for TWO tires. Yes, two tires because another tire was ripping. Okay well, I am grateful that only ONE tire went flat on me. And I'm of course grateful for Jacob for rescuing me!

Cravings.

I wanted to go to Del Taco tonight for some Deluxe Chili Cheddar Fries. Jacob said, "why don't we make our own? We have everything we need to make them!". So we did. And it was good! Better than Del Taco!

Arizona!

Jacob and I went to Arizona this last weekend. We left California Saturday morning, stayed the night at my brother's house in Scottsdale, and left Sunday afternoon. We have been working with my brother Troy (my dad's son from his first marriage), in finding a good deal on a truck for Jacob. Troy is a wholesaler (or something??) and he went to an auction and found a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500! It is pretty awesome. We had my dad send money over to Troy after bidding on the truck. So we went to Arizona to pick it up! Now it is ours! I love that truck. We used to have a Ford F150, but that was manual, and I HATED learning how to drive stick in that huge thing-- (learning/driving stick in the Jeep was worse!). Anyway, we only stayed in Arizona for the weekend. It wasn't long enough. My parents and I used to go every year for Thanksgiving when I was younger. We used to stay with my dad's sister, Kathy, who lives in Mesa.

This time, Jacob and I go to go and we were able to spend some time with my brother and his mom (Carrie-- my dad's ex wife) in Scottsdale. She is so much fun! I always had a stereotype of 'ex-wives', just because of what soap operas and other tv shows depict them to be-- crazy, psycho witches... but I really like Carrie. She is awesome and definitely NOT a crazy, psycho witch! Haha... We also got to surprise visit Jacob's aunt (whose name is also Kathy) and her husband Scott and their family in Gilbert. They moved to Arizona earlier this year from Tennesse. I don't have pictures of that though. Anyway, we had a great time but I just wish we had stayed longer. Next time we go, I want to see the Grand Canyon! I've never been there before.
Still in California-- this is before we got to Blythe.

I'm loving the sky here

I LOVED seeing the windmills in Palm Springs! I never cared for them when I was younger, but they are so huge and awesome!


We found our way to my brother's house and found Jacob's truck waiting for him outside! It is a silver Dodge Ram 1500 with a 5.7 Liter Hemi engine.




Pinnacle Peak

Men's restroom

Women's!

This is inside the women's restroom. Each door stall had a horse, donkey or cow lol.

Rattlesnake! There were 3 in this huge glass aquarium thingy. That was my first time seeing a rattlesnake and hearing it rattle!

All that hanging from the ceiling are cut neckties. Here is some info

Pinnacle Peak Patio has been around since 1957. It is renowned for its delicious mesquite broiled steaks, casual western atmosphere, and its "NO NECKTIE POLICY." This "no necktie" tradition was started one night when a Phoenix executive came in for dinner. The original owner, wanting to keep the atmosphere in his restaurant casual, told the executive, "Either you take that tie off, or I'll cut it off." The executive did not take heed and was appalled when the owner pulled out a butcher knife and promptly cut off the offending cravat.

Wanting to be recognized as a victim of this absurd policy, the executive demanded that his tie be prominently displayed for all to see. The necktie was stapled to the rafters along with a business card identifying its victim. Pinnacle Peak is very serious about its "no necktie" policy and has cut over a million ties from unsuspecting customers.

Pretty awesome. I know it doesn't look at all appealing or cool from the picture, but when you're in there, it's rad!