A Touristy Week

 We had a visitor from Illinois the past week…. Dave's Mom.  I think she enjoyed her time in the land of palm trees- very different than small town IL in the midst of corn and soybean fields! We managed to show her around and do a few new "touristy" things that we hadn't done yet. The first day I took her to the place I really like to go….. Oceanside beach by the harbor. It was low 90's in Fallbrook but a perfect 78 degrees just 11 miles away at the beach!

Oceanside Beach

Dave's special day with his Mom wasn't so sunny. They went to La Jolla and Torrey Pines

Dave's new hobby- throwing perfectly good planes off of hills and cliffs! Sometimes it ends well and  sometimes he entertains himself by rebuilding them! Actually, he is doing very well.

The amazing view at sunset from one of our friend's home in Fallbrook.

Dave's sailplane soaring above Fallbrook

Went to the higher elevations about 1 hour away where apples grow. This is Julian where they get "real winter"!

A little Julian history for you.

Pressing cider

Orchard

We found out that we should have gone to Julian about a month earlier because literally all the apples were gone! They do all organic farming and let things happen naturally which results in very small apples…..

To show you the size of the apples we picked (these were the runts of the litter), from left to right: Reed avocado, persimmon, Julian apple, guava. 

When someone offers to bring dessert and shows up with this homemade cheesecake …. all one can say is WOW! Decorated with fresh berries and plumeria flowers. 

This spider web was visible all the way across our yard due to the rain drops outlining it. And yes it was a grey drizzly day- we DO get a few not so sunny days!

Took the MIL on a San Diego harbor cruise on another grey day.  We are only about 10 miles for Tijuana, Mexico when we are in the harbor. Another field trip for another day.

USS Midway

Star of India

The sun was trying to burn a hole through the clouds.

Harbor seals lounging on bait barges. Did you know that right in San Diego harbor they train dolphins, seals and Beluga whales to detect mines and enemy divers?! They patrol the harbor and all the ships coming in- I am not sure how they report their findings….may need to google or bing this!

Bridge to Coronado Island

The hillsides of SD. Well that is all for now- must go do lots of weeding!  Besides I think it is warmer outside than in the house. It dropped into the 50's last night which was a perfect night to sit around the firepit which we did!