At my parent's condo in Del Mar, the train tracks are right outside the condo. It always honks right as it gets to our area because of the crossing about 200 yards away. This takes some getting used to but we are oblivious to it after 24 years of vacations there.
This year, every time it would honk (or blast) it's horn, Lewis would run to the window and yell "Choooo Choooo, Choooo Choooo!" considering it goes by every 45 min or so it was great entertainment for Lewis who only spoke one word the entire vacation.....you guessed it....Choooo Choooo! I couldn't coax an ocean, beach, park, swimmin, or anything out of him, just Chooo Chooo! So, since he was so loving it we decided to ride it from our station down into San Diego and then walk down to Anthony's for dinner.
We had a great 45 min ride to downtown San Diego on the Coaster. We went on a Saturday so it wasn't too busy. Griffin loved the little cups of water you could get from the fountain on the bottom level and he kept going to get us more and more water. We rode on the top level so we could see the coast. We took the 4:45 train which made for a great sunset ride. Our downtown stop was the end of the line and we walked about 3 blocks down and 3 blocks over to get to Anthony's Fish House on the pier. Grammy and Pap met us there for dinner and a ride home. It was a really fun way to end our day!
**Picture from Condo back door
grass...walkway...small hill to train tracks...big cliff to beach & ocean**
grass...walkway...small hill to train tracks...big cliff to beach & ocean**
This year, every time it would honk (or blast) it's horn, Lewis would run to the window and yell "Choooo Choooo, Choooo Choooo!" considering it goes by every 45 min or so it was great entertainment for Lewis who only spoke one word the entire vacation.....you guessed it....Choooo Choooo! I couldn't coax an ocean, beach, park, swimmin, or anything out of him, just Chooo Chooo! So, since he was so loving it we decided to ride it from our station down into San Diego and then walk down to Anthony's for dinner.We had a great 45 min ride to downtown San Diego on the Coaster. We went on a Saturday so it wasn't too busy. Griffin loved the little cups of water you could get from the fountain on the bottom level and he kept going to get us more and more water. We rode on the top level so we could see the coast. We took the 4:45 train which made for a great sunset ride. Our downtown stop was the end of the line and we walked about 3 blocks down and 3 blocks over to get to Anthony's Fish House on the pier. Grammy and Pap met us there for dinner and a ride home. It was a really fun way to end our day!
Check out my sis-in-law's picture of the huge fog bank that rolled in while we were in Del Mar. It was awesome!!! www.freerville.blogspot.com/2009/01/san-diego
it sounds wonderful!! i'm jealous, here we are in the sub-zero temps, and you are enjoying the california coast! good for you :) i love the new background!
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