San Diego is also having beautiful weather….it is supposed to be raining according to those who know. One of our hosts said that San Diego doesn’t have weather. When a storm is approaching then they say “We have some weather coming!”. Another told us the three seasons in San Diego are Gloppy, Gloomy and Glorious. We’ve been treated to Glorious!
We crossed the border into Tijuana, the busiest border crossing in the world. Many of the crossings are commuters between Tijuana and San Diego. Many US citizens have chosen to live in Tijuana with the low cost of living and commute to work.
We did a border crossing…of course easy for us…a bus, no luggage, clergy with collars…but we did get out and walk the walk….still took over an hour each way…(no check going into Mexico) but for those that commute between Tijuana and San Diego..it is often 3 hours …talk about a commute! The wall has gotten bigger and better in the last month – so reminiscent of Israel.
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….no swimming pool use– but I did put my foot in the Pacific Ocean on the beach in Tijuana and put on a jacket in the evening. We had supper in Old Town and were serenaded by 3 mariachi types…(double guitar, guitar, violin) excellent and wonderful food.
Friday for me was a tourist day….a bus trip to Balboa park (second largest public park – Central, NYC is first)…and then to La Jolla where we saw high surf, a few surfers, pelicans, cormorant, and sea lions…and way out 3 whales, lunch and then back to Marriott…
In the evening we traveled to Mission San Diego De Alcala…the oldest Mission in the U.S. –started in 1769. The Lutheran Bishops were invited to hold an Epiphany service there by the Roman Catholic Bishop – organ and acoustics were great. A docent after the service did a wonderful job narrating the history….but he went on and on and on…and the Monsignor who had another engagement arrived…..and introduced himself. (Afterwards I overheard our Presiding Bishop quip….I was never so glad to have a priest show up!)
Saturday about noon we headed to the USS Midway….with lunch on the ship and tours of the ship that was commissioned 1945 – and decommissioned in 1992. Amazingly we met a docent (and Lutheran) that saw Mike’s jacket from Okoboji originally from Pocahontas, Iowa and relatives still there. Then during the tour we met Tony another docent whose wife’s cousins are the Geisingers from Storm Lake. Indeed a small world and hardly 6 degrees of separation!
