Christmas 2009 - Part 5

Day 5 is a Sunday and started even more lazily than day 4 did. We had to be out of the hotel room by noon, but were in no hurry to depart. Things eventually got packed up and loaded into the car. Amazingly, we were able to get it all in there, even with the extra that we have picked up along the way. The coconut that was purchased on the second day was finally drained and opened up. Having spent a lot of time watching Survivor caused us to beg the question, could we actually drink the milk and eat the flesh of the coconut? Turns out we could, but we'd not enjoy it terribly. The milk was clear, but still tastes like it should be cloudy. It was not entirely coconutty as I expected, which was great, seeing how I do not like the tast of coconut. Seeing Alyssa heft the globe in the air, only to smash it down on the ground was worth the wait. Two throws in, she halved the coconut almost perfectly. Going over the room with a finetooth comb, ensuring we left nothing behind, we were ready to depart. The rest of the day only had plans to sightsee somewhere, see the San Diego temple, and make it to San Juan Capistrano to spend the evening with Christy's aunt and uncle. We talked about it, and decided to drive over the bridge in San Diego to Coronado, see an old hotel, drive south along the Coronado island/peninula. From there, we would visit the border of Mexico, so that the kids could tell stories of seeing mexico. On the way north, we planned on seeing the temple in San Diego as well as stop by the beach along the way. We also detoured into San Diego, drove down harbor way, ran across a road called Belt Street (which we u-turned to take pictures of), saw the huge naval ships and other ships. We were even able to drive down town to see the old wooden ship that Christy and I visited once while on a cruise. We swung by the temple in San Diego and wondered around it, taking pictures as we went, visiting with the missionaries, and even seeing the most Utah license plates we've seen on the trip so far (4). We swung by 2 beaches during the day, one where we actually got out and picked up shells, the other we simply looked at from within the confines of our vehicle. Since we rarely get to see the ocean, yet are drawn to the water in all its forms, we could sit mezmorized watching the waves, listening to the crashing, and smelling the odd smells that waft by. Its always a great experience to be at the beach, even more so for the children. The day ended with us reaching San Juan Capistrano visiting with family, chilling and relaxing.

Pictures coming...