Category: Journeys
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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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Sealed with a Miss
The fabulous part about Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is that it is 15 miles from Disneyland, 20 miles from downtown LA and 30 miles from Universal Studios. If you have a car, attractions await. Like the great Dionne Warwick sang, “LA is a great big freeway. Put a hundred down and buy a car.” …
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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…
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Coronado Del Sol
Yesterday was moving day. From waterfront to back row. Bummed to be losing the coveted, unobstructed view, we moved from site 127 to #2 and got closer to the bathhouse behind an empty handicapped site and facing the beach access path. Waterfront was a back-in so we had al fresco views. Back row is an…
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Midway Ferry Tales
Once upon a time we were commuters. Up at 6, out the door at 7, in the office by 8. Day after day, year after year, ugh after ugh. It had become a faded memory until yesterday when we were up at 6, out the door at 7 and in downtown San Diego at 8….
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Good, Good, Good Vibrations
One of the most popular RV parks in the DoD system, Fiddler’s Cove is in the middle of Coronado Island, about 3 miles south of the iconic Hotel del Coronado, a National Historic Landmark and one of the few surviving examples of the wooden Victorian beach resort. We’ve stayed at iconic beach retreats like The…