Company

Old Point Loma Lighthouse. You couldn't go in - perhaps because they were expecting crowds on free national parks/monuments day.

Last weekend we enjoyed company from Germany - my 'host-sister,' her husband and their two kids. My host-sister (I lived with her and her family as an exchange student in high school) had been to San diego before - she flew out to Atlanta and drove cross-country with me when I moved the SD in 1999. That was a great trip - the car was packed full with my odds and ends, two bicycles were on the carrier strapped over the trunk and each of us had our backseat of useful items as we took in national parks and camped in all sorts of campgrounds.

Con Pane. Really good bread.

K and B took their kids to the zoo on Friday, and Saturday we all went to Point Loma lighthouse, Con Pane (it took a while but we found the new location!), and the beach, and then Seaworld the next day. They also got to enjoy (?) the three hottest days of the year!

We had a crazy heatwave, and that finally broke Wednesday with - you won't believe it - a thunderstorm! We very seldom have thunder or lightening, even in the rainy season, so it was fun for JT at school (he apparently played Raining Star Wars during recess) and it was wonderful for our thirsty and dusty plants.

Our first watermelon. Yummy, but the kids are used to the seedless variety. And not only that, the seedless variety was on sale at the store for 2 for 5 dollars, so growing our own didn't save us any money. But it was neat!