Category: Fiddlers Cove
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Blue Angel Backyard
As the morning DJs on 100.7 KFMB in San Diego forecasted 8 days of sunshine after one of the worst winter storms in its history, we pulled up the jacks and headed east, saying so long to the new SEAL class across the street running in formation. Betty flexed her V10 might rolling into Imperial…
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Gimme Shelter
The atmospheric river rushed into San Diego on Wednesday night, pummeling us with rain and wind for 36 hours straight. At times Betty was shaking like the roof would blow off but she kept us warm and dry with plenty of things to do like scouring the kitchen sink, finishing a consulting project, political and…
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Maritime Musings
It was the calm before the storm – the last half day of dry before departure from 30 days in San Viewego. As we’ve written before, it’s been a wet one here and the radar was telling us we could go to the ball, but be back by the stroke of 2pm or get walloped….
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Gimme a Breaker
El Nino is wreaking havoc on San Diego’s winter weather bringing more rain than seen in a decade. Starting tomorrow an atmospheric river from the sub-tropics will drench San Diego County with enough rain to fill 3 million swimming pools. Valentine’s Day love for the thankful locals who embrace it, knowing full well that the…
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There’s No Place Like Cove
We’ve confirmed that really big cities are not our thing. We’re Tucson and San Diego people, not Phoenix and LA people. Over the weekend we were set up in a perfectly good camp site on a base that also doubled as an underground weapons storage facility and was centrally located to a ton of consumer…
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SEAL Base to Seal Beach
Is it better to be lucky or smart? Six months ago we were unable to lock down a reservation at Fiddler’s Cove next to the SEAL Base so we booked into the Silver Strand State Park, just a mile away but more expensive with less amenities because we really wanted to explore Coronado Island and…
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Borderline Friendship
On the last full day in San Diego Eric mapped a route to visit Border Field State Park, the most southwestern corner of the United States, to get an up-close look at our controversial border wall. We made the ride to Imperial Beach once before, along the Bayshore Bikeway, this time adding street lanes and…
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Cabrillo de San Viewego
With two days left in our 25 day exploration of San Diego it seemed appropriate to visit Cabrillo National Monument which honors the first European man to step onto west coast land. A windy 55 degrees, we layered up for the 15 mile one way ride taking us into downtown Coronado, past the Del, marina…
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Imperial Beach Bummer
San Diego is America’s southern most city on the west coast bordering Tijuana, Mexico. The Tijuana River flows 100 miles through Mexico, then through the city of Tijuana before crossing the border for the last 5 miles and emptying into the Pacific Ocean just south of San Diego at Imperial Beach. On good days, 100%…
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Let’s go fly a (stunt) kite
A common misconception is that living in an RV sounds like a great vacation but would be too small and confining for everyday living. The thought had occurred to us. Before we launched out in Betty, we gave RV life a try. One summer was 7 days. The next year it was 12. It was…