Coffee...
I found a Starbucks...and it started pouring with rain, but only for about 15 minutes. We were worried that it would rain the whole time, but Saturday was really nice.
A rainbow over the island...God's promise to us.
Matt missed coaching one of Alyssa's soccer games...so here he is getting the play by play from his dad. Thankfully his team won 2-0...and Alyssa scored a goal. Thanks to Coach Hunsaker for taking over and doing a great job.
Matt really wanted to see a museum while we were there, so he picked the Air & Space museum. It was really interesting.
It was cool to see planes & helicopters that my company helped build ~ Matt
Matt's Grandpa Hyler sat in one of these in WW2...I can only imagine how dangerous it must have been. It was a ball turrent underneath the B-17 that held a twin .50 cal machine gun...he sat in it on long bombing runs over Germany controlled Europe.
Matt loved talking to Bob, a WW2 veteran...
~I learned some new stuff after I told Bob what my grandpa did in the war, Bob mentioned that on a few planes when the electrical went out, they wouldn't be able to get the bubble up and the gunners inside it would die when they landed...he said the B-17's landing gear gave enough clearance so he wouldn't have had that problem. But with the B-22 that was a big problem because electrical would go out quite often and it couldn't be hand cranked up. Also, it was so cold up there that sometimes the gunners would take the gloves off to grab something and then touch the cold metal, the hand would stick and the only way to get it off was to rip the flesh off. The sign out front read "Freedom is not Free"...these stories hammer that point home. ~ Matt
After the museum we had lunch at La Salsa and then hit the beach again by the Del...
This picture was inspired by Sara Parsons...she said it was fun, and that everyone should try it. So we did...
I can't believe he actually went in the water...I thought it was freezing!
ahhhh.....relaxing.
Playing checkers...and happy hour at 5:00 pm.
We went to the other side of the island for dinner at a fancy Italian place with a great view of the city all lit up at night.
Excuse me, can you take our picture? - Matt was so annoyed at how many times I asked many different people, but hey...I have a blog to keep up.
Italian...
We walked around a little bit after dinner...it was a great evening.
Early Sunday morning we went for a jog on the beach...it was perfect! If you want to see more of that...
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On our last day after breakfast at the lodge and checking out we decided to take a ferry boat ride from Coronado Island to downtown San Diego. Of course it started pouring down rain which was fine, after all, we are from Seattle.
The next time we come to San Diego we are definitely going to make a stop on the Midway. I wished we had more time, but to see it really good you need about 3 hours. I know Matt really wanted to see the inside, but at least we went right by it.
After the ferry boat ride we stopped by this cute place for the hot chocolate special...it was tasty.
We truly had a great time...and we appreciate the thoughtfulness of the gift card Kirsten and Burke!
On our way home we saw another rainbow...it's yet again another reminder of God's love for us and how He keeps His faithful promises.
