Category: Winter in San Diego 2019
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Voy a La Jolla
La Jolla is 90 minutes and 20 miles as the Como flies so it was surprising when Eric said, “Let’s go to La Jolla today.” But, with an ebike everything within about a 25 mile radius is within our reach. From Baker, that may not get you to LA, but it covers all of San…
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Howl Now, Brown Cowles
With seven days left at Admiral Baker and the likelihood that we will not soon return to the Mission Gorge neighborhood, we’ve decided to slay the east side, starting with a 4.3 mile hike to the 1,593 foot highest point in San Diego, with views from Mexico to Orange County. Eric mapped this entirely uphill…
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Biking Balboa
Jeff stopped by this morning and dropped off the dimmer switches for Eric’s hot- halogen-under-counter-spots to low-power-bright-LED lighting renovation along with a new gas regulator for the grill. It seems the fixer can always get his fix, even when the address reads “The Pace Arrow in site #9. With the weather shaping up to be…
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Old Town Shuffle
Now that we had a two wheeled perspective on getting around in San Diego, it was time for the two feet and a trolley view. Eric mapped out a walk-ride route to Old Town San Diego State Historic Park with lunch at former Navy mess hall, Liberty Public Market. It was the first no rain…
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San Diego Hill Street Blues
San Diego, geographically, is three Philadelphias with about the same population. Situated between the Pacific Ocean and the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Admiral Baker RV Park sits in Mission Gorge, near the city’s eastern border hills. While we got excited and biked to PB on Tuesday, we thought it would be interesting to check…
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Mission Accomplished
It never rains in California, but girl don’t they warn ya? When it pours, man, it pours. Winter rain has been falling on the southwest for the past week. Even YPG received a 1/4 inch which got the locals talking about the deluge. From pulling bikes on and off the rack to setting up camp…
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Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?
We left the world of boondockers and desert dwellers behind today to re-enter Starbucks chain-gang territory in San Diego, California. It is a mere two hundred miles, and a few hours in Betty, but the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Bedroom Communities are on totally different planets. As we departed YPG, we…
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No Particular Place To Go
Yuma Proving Grounds is remote by DC standards, but here in Arizona, 30 miles is down the street, With the main town out of Como reach, we popped our two loads of washed laundry in the dryer and took off on a 6 mile ride to the old tanks and missiles garden. With no particular…
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3:10 to Yuma
In the 2007 remake, Russell Crowe is a badass captured outlaw and Christian Bale is a small time rancher who agrees to escort Crowe on the 3:10 train to Yuma for trial. In the 2019 version, Eric is a badass RV driver and Sheri is a willing accomplice who are on an I-8, 3 hour…
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Peak Picacho: Gotta Hike Em All
When Carl’s delivered same day Betty service and the FamCamp at Davis Monthan was full, Eric went full on google, in search of hookup that would still let us visit the Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park as planned. Picacho Peak State Park is 36 miles northwest of Saguaro and home to 80 electric-only pads….