Friday 28th March 2025
It’s been a bit dreary this winter traveling down the coast. Quite a lot of rain and cold. When everything is wet and brown I lose my blog motivation.
Finally Coastal Lupines are starting to bloom a little bit. I am hoping we get some good spring flowers as we move along.
A Kumquat tree beckoned my name. Pick my fruit, it’s free!
I just had to buy a bit of sugar and Kumquat marmalade was up and running.
Yippee! we are in for a nice stretch of warm sunny weather.
Mr. Pelican let me get pretty close and posed for this pic.
Imperial Beach Pier looked good even on a rainy day.
I tried to get Dean to squeeze into the crack but he said he would have to be smoking some crack to do something that dumb. However he got me to….
…squeeze into this tube.
There are some nice bike trails around San Diego.
More than a million tons of salt have been harvested from the South Bay Salt Works over the last 150 years. I would have filled my salt shaker but the salty mountain was fenced up.
California Brittlebush is busting out.
We took a nice stroll along the waterfront. The cruise ships are piling in.
Finally a lady with bigger feet than me.
There was a huge queue for the grilled half crabs, even at $30 a piece.
Coral trees are in full bloom.
Our last day in San Diego. It was a bit cloudy but nice enough for a bike ride. To top off the goodness there was an awesome colour display on one section of the bike path. I am getting to my happy place. We hope to follow the bloom.
Moving onwards to Indio for a week and then onto Tucson to meet up with our bestest friends. Leslie and Stuart be prepared for some Rose hugs!
THE BUS STOPS HERE 
Hi Rose & Dean
Always great to get your travel updates. Love the pics and especially the commentary!
Just wanted to confirm that out visit plans to see you guys are still OK. We were planning to drive to Tucson on Saturday, Apr 12th, stay overnight with you, then drive home sometime on Sunday. Hope that still works for you.
Cheers.
Tom & Jan
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Hi guys
Sat 12th is good for us. We sure look forward to catching up with you. It has been such a long time since we last saw you.
so great to see your pictures and stories. Tucson sounds like a great place to land, so to speak, and a reunion with Tom & Jan will be fun. Happy travels 🍷
Thanks Donna. We will be thinking of you.
Hi you two!! Love the blogs! Great photos. You look so happy when the flowers are blooming!. I’m just now finding your blog. They have messed my my e-mails. things have been different categories and I am just now figuring that out!!
We are getting ready to head to my 60 year class reunion tomorrow for the weekend. here have been 7 people who have died in my class, several I can’t find and a few with health issues and some live far away! Might have 15 there! Safe travels! Love you!!
Hope you had a good time at the reunion. I couldn’t imagine finding anyone from my graduating class