After luxuriating on Carlsbad Beach for a few days while visiting my hubby’s mom in memory care, we enjoyed lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant in Rancho Bernardo then we turned south to San Diego Bay.
Dropping me and our bags off after checking in to our highrise hotel on Harbor Bay, my hubby efficiently returned the rental car and came back via hotel shuttle.
Now that I’m almost as far south as one can be in California, on this July afternoon near the Pacific Coast I was still chilly.
BOATS GALORE
Nevertheless a light jacket helped me endure the chill as I sat on the balcony to watch all the boats on the water.
With the airport right behind us, we had downtown San Diego to our east, the bridge to Coronado Island south of us, and Point Loma to our east, all the boats floated before my eyes.
I watched a sailing school of several little boats while a huge naval vessel came slowly through.
Looking forward to our walk to the other side of the island for dinner to more fully enjoy these gorgeous views, I saw the clock tick away…my hubby was delayed due to slowness a the car rental place.
AMAZING C LEVEL LOUNGE
So he contacted his cousins, who were going to meet us at the restaurant, who said they’d pick us up.
Before nightfall we were again seated around a table at C Level Lounge on Harbor Island, looking over the bay.
Although I’m not into fish, I’m so glad I ordered this particular dish: Macadamia and Coconut Mahi with seabeans, roasted pineapple salsa, and yuzu beurre blanc with forbidden rice.
Wow! The seafood was amazing. Wish I had taken a picture but completely forgot and ate everything up.
I would love to try to recreate this dish, but I doubt I could ever pull that off.
I’ve already searched high and low for the unique ingredients, that I cannot find near me.
The cousins keep promising me dinner at the sister establishment next door, that serves Mexican. Meanwhile on the other side is another sister restaurant that serves steak.
I think I could dine at this one location forever and be happy!And I’d get plenty of exercise just walking on this very long island!
We definitely had a great visit, that began when they joined us in Oregon for the memorial service.
Too soon it was time to part.
Early the next morning we got on the plane to fly home to Virginia. Wow! What a trip from Virginia to Northern Oregon to Southern California and back to Virginia.
TWELVE DAYS
- Day 1 – Fly from Northern Virginia to Portland, Oregon (about 3000 miles, 3 hour time difference), then drive to Lake Oswego (drive 18 miles, 30 minutes) VOLCANOES
- Day 2 – Memorial Service in Lake Oswego (drive locally) LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL
- Day 3 – Drive from Lake Oswego to Grant’s Pass, Oregon, with a detour to Crater Lake (drive 328 miles, 5 hours 40 minutes) CRATER LAKE
- Day 4 – Drive from Grants Pass, Oregon to Ferndale, California, with a detour to see the Redwoods, spend the night in Victorian Inn (drive 186 miles, 4 hours) REDWOODS PART I and VICTORIAN INN
- Day 5 – Explore Victorian Village Ferndale, drive to San Francisco, with a detour to see more Redwoods and enjoy lunch (drive 273 miles, 5 hours 30 minutes) VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE GUY FIERI HOMETOWN and REDWOOD FOREST PART II and LUNCH IN GARDEN AND REDWOODS
- Day 6 – Fly from San Francisco to Ontario, California, drive to Claremont to stay in hotel (to save hubby from another 7 hour drive with no detours, we flew 364 miles, two hours; drove 10 miles, 19 minutes) SAN FRANCISCO, GORGEOUS HOTEL , POMONA COLLEGE, CLAREMONT VILLAGE
- Day 7 – Hubby’s family business matters in Pomona, California, return to Claremont hotel (local driving)
- Day 8 – Explore Claremont, then drive to Carlsbad, California to stay at beach hotel (drive 87 miles, 1 hour 36 minutes) RESORT SPA, DEL MAR RACE TRACK, DINING NEAR BEACH
- Day 9 – Visit hubby’s mom in memory care, stay at beach hotel Carlsbad (drive locally)
- Day 10 – Visit hubby’s mom in memory care, stay at beach hotel Carlsbad (drive locally)
- Day 11 – Drive to San Diego, stay at hotel on bay, dinner with hubby’s cousins (drive 36 miles, 41 minutes)
- Day 12 – Drive to San Diego airport to fly to Northern Virginia (about 3000 miles with 3 hour time difference)
Awaiting me at home will be a garden to weed which I’m determined to mulch, and helping my daughter get her homeschool room ready for her daughter…the next generation begins kindergarten this year! Stay tuned!
