We left the service and headed to the airport for our flight to San Diego to visit Tina and Ryan, niece Isabel and nephew Peyton. At this point, we were totally exhausted. Our flight was due to leave at 8:15 - as we sat down in our seats, a businessman sat down next to us. He was clearly someone very important, because he felt obliged to share "the deal" he was making on the phone with us at quite a high decibel level, until we began taxiing and he finally turned his phone off. This was about the time a baby in the back began crying, and the people in the row behind us, who had apparently never seen a touch screen monitor (they're in the back of each seat on Virgin) began chuckling loudly and pounding on the monitors. Oh well, no nap on this flight.
Thank god as soon as we exited the gate area at the San Diego airport Ryan was waiting to meet us! We grabbed our bags and made the trip out to Rancho Bernardo. Apparently Isabel was going to try and wait up for us, but by 11:30 or so when we got in, she hadn't lasted. We had a drink and spent some time catching up before bed. Of course the next morning I was promptly awoken by Isabel and Peyton at about 7. "Uncle Geoff, it's time to get up!" Thanks, Sis!
We spent the morning by the pool relaxing, then cleaned up, piled in Ryan's truck (which held all six of us!) and headed off to the San Diego zoo, with a stopover at a local Mexican restaurant for lunch (SO GOOD!!! If only I hadn't forgotten the name) Let me just give a major shout-out to the San Diego zoo for having shade available everywhere! For those of us from the damp Northwest, this is an invaluable resource on a 90 degree day! After 4 hours, as it started to get dark, we piled back in the truck and headed back to the condo of Remick. After dinner Isabel and Peyton promptly passed out (though Jaime has informed me Isabel is QUITE social!) We chatted it up with Tina and Ryan some more, and headed off to bed. Saturday morning my sister dropped us off at the local Enterprise rent-a-car and we picked up our ride for the weekend up at Lake Arrowhead. Free upgrade coupon = Volvo S40! Nice!
We were very disappointed that we only got one day to spend with Tina and Ryan, especially when we found out that they are going to be moving to England for Ryan's work! But the circumstances were what they were, and we greatly valued the time we got to spend with them and the kids. Tina and Ryan, thank you SO SO much, we love you and we had so much fun!
Here's a link to the pictures from this portion of our trip. I'm also very proud of Jaime for going into the Insect House at the zoo! I'll finish the update tomorrow, we're exhausted (I haven't even gotten close to updating for THIS weekend!)
(no symbolism, I swear!)
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