Chillin at PHL
4 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 27 °F
Absolutely no issues getting here, Thank God!
No problem finding our parking place, fast turnaround service there with the shuttle and nonexistent line at TSA-PREV.
Been chilling at our gate sinceOkumaya devam et
Hyatt Lawrence Welk Villas Resort
4 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
The flight was pretty much uneventful, but as we noted previously, it's getting harder to be a sardine for over 6 hours and then with no real nourishment to boot. ( On our flight, there were not evenOkumaya devam et
Cascades Villa 3932
4 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
This is our humble abode for the upcoming week.
Open floor main area with a mountain view (you can spot my red rental Sentra) and master bedroom separated by a foier hallway with a balcony withOkumaya devam et
Glorious morning
5 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌙 45 °F
First morning after fitful sleep.
• Laurie's pictures of the dawn
(Dawn is a feeling, a beautiful ceiling,
The smell of grass just makes you pass into a dream.
You're here today, no futureOkumaya devam et
Venturing out
5 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Earlier in the morning, I took a fast drive to Albertsons Supermarket and got our breakfast provisions for the week as well as more cold meds.
We then did some preliminary planning, pretty muchOkumaya devam et
Alta Vista Botanical Gardens
5 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
The Alta Vista Botanical Gardens are designated ecological landscapes containing collections of plants native to areas around the globe.
They are designed to both educate and inspire visitors.
TheyOkumaya devam et
Botanical Gardens 2
5 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Zen river of colored stones
Better luck with portrait zoom
Local cacti species
Scorpion sculpture
Little turtles pond
My run-in with the Bocca della Verità
Bird of Paradise
Gardens 3
5 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Upper gardens
Nearly CA Washington Monument
Walking the Labyrinth of Life
Gazebo
Belching Beaver Brewery
5 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Yes I DID take a special notation of the name during the morning planning session and YES (!) I was absolutely determined to eat there 👍🫵
So here we are having our linner (unfortunately noOkumaya devam et
Visiting Vista
5 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Vista (Spanish for "view") is a medium-sized city in San Diego County, within the San Diego-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, Vista had a population of 98,381. CurrentOkumaya devam et
Oh what a beautiful morning
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
Oh, what a beautiful day
(Apparently not as good as it is home 😕 - hope everyone out there stays safe)
Another leisurely relaxed morning with in-house breakfast (we do those 99% of the time on ourOkumaya devam et
San Diego Safari Park
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
We spent pretty much the whole day in San Diego Safari.
It was somewhat a tough choice to either come here or go to The Zoo (given that we heard so much about it). In the end the locals told us thatOkumaya devam et
Zoo 2
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Lions and cheetahs and Giraffes.. OH MY!
Of course (as I have lamented on previously) it is pointless to come to a place like this with a phone camera. 0.00000000000000000000001 of a second delayOkumaya devam et
Zoo 3
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
From Africa to Australia
Visited African River Hog then we traversed to see the tigers but they decided that that would be too much luck for us and went on strike (we did see a "warning sign"Okumaya devam et
Zoo 4
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Zoo 4
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
But it turned out that we traversed again and now were in SoCal on Condor Ridge and so with El cóndor pasa (If I Could)....
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surelyOkumaya devam et
Dining in
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Today was a Farmers' Market Day at the resort so coming back "home" we stopped by and got ourselves some fresh arugula and color tomatoes (as well as some tangerines).
We lavishly dined in on ourOkumaya devam et
Evening
6 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
...has come to pass
The time of day doesn't last
Evening, has earned its place today
I'm tired of working away
A beautiful ending to a busy day and now its time to work on FindPenguins :)
Balboa Park
7 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreationalOkumaya devam et
San Diego Museum of Art
7 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
An interesting Gallery of Foster & Partners Architectiure of Light & Space.
Various models of buildings incl London's "The Gherkin" and Berlin's Reichstag
Then The Art of XX Century with a small yetOkumaya devam et
Botanical Gardens Building
7 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
(First 2 photos is upon exiting the Museum onto Plaza de Panama - the fountian of the Plaza behind Laurie)
The Botanical Building also built for 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition, remains oneOkumaya devam et
Balboa Park 2
7 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Timken Pavillion of Museum of Art ws regretfully closed.
We took a walk to California Quadrangle
The California Quadrangle, California Building, and California Tower are historic structures that wereOkumaya devam et
Art village
7 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Snapping fast photo of El Cid (I swear I do have a feeling that I am in Spain... and BTW - I had to get on Camino del Norte in order to get to the Park (!) - go figure)
We took a leisurely walk on ElOkumaya devam et
Romantic Dinner with candlelight
7 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
OK... so no candles...
Back at the resort, another night in with our arugula & tomatoes salad and Mac & Cheese w\Shrimp for Laurie and Swedish Meatballs for me
Night Under the Lights
7 Ocak 2025, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
Small gathering of the guests behind Lawrence Welk Theater (I later quipped that it was "the entertainment worthy of being at the back of the theater") for the Night Under The lights
As the band wasOkumaya devam et











































































































































































































































































GezginAnother adventure. Looking forward to it. I need to read your past trips.
GezginLOL go for it. I'd say Barcelona, Camino and Cote d'Azur are definitely worth your time