Blogs from San Diego, California, United States, North America - page 5

How many of you know how to pronounce victuals? I know you former English and literature instructors know the answer. It is pronounced vittles. And we plan to try many of the local victuals in the San Diego area, starting with Mexican food. Proximity to the border and to the Pacific Ocean makes San Diego an ideal place for eaters. After watching Andrew Zimmern of "Delicious Destinations", and having visited a similar shop in Mexico City, our first stop is Lucha Libre Tacos. This is from their website: Our gourmet tacos are made with the freshest ingredients, and we are proud to have been voted Best Burrito in town. Only at Lucha Libre you can get the famous “TJ” dog: an all beef hot dog wrapped in bacon and topped with grilled vegetables. We do not ... read more

I woke at 5, tried to sleep until 5:30, and then went to the only other room available to me, the bathroom. It wasn't too bad though, I had dragged the office chair in there the night before and had a comfortable place to read, type yesterdays journal entry and play my games on my phone. Up and moving we had finished breakfast by 9 and were out the door by 10:30am. Again we stopped at Subway for lunch supplies and were through the gates just about 11am. Abcde and I raced to the dolphin stadium and saw 90% of the same show we had seen twice the day before. What can I say, we love watching dolphins perform. We then went to the penguin exhibit followed by the arctic circle where we saw beluga whales, ... read more

It is time to leave Los Angeles, if only for a few days. Karina and Joel have been wonderful hosts but they do need to go to work and I would like to see Orcas before the state of California forces Sea World to release them to the wild or put them down or something. So we are going to San Diego, its only 2 hours away and justifies having rented a car. We arise at a reasonable hour and while Abcde and I make it to the breakfast area first, Wife is seated before us. I think it was because I went and re-installed the carseat before Abs and I joined the line for omlets. Abcde nibbled random bits, I had a delicious omlet and Caroline ate anything she could find without eggs in it. ... read more

64 out of 73 mushers finished the race. The last musher to arrive was Cindy Abbott. She got the Red Lantern Award. The significance of this is that they don't extinguish the lamp until the last musher comes into Nome. I put her musher profile up several days ago. Cindy Abbott has Wegener’s granulomatosis. I can't imagine doing a race like this and managing your illness. She also summitted Mt. Everest after she was diagnosed with the disease! Incredible! Cindy Abbott Red Lantern Award Cindy Abbott – 12 days, 2 hours, 57 minutes and 31 New record by 1 day, 1 hour and 45 minutes Dropped Dogs Photos: /b... read more

MITCH SEAVEY - the Dad. His son Dallas was in hot pursuit but couldn't close the gap. Mitch finished March 14 15:40 hours and Dallas finished March 14 18:25 hours. I tried to put a table in here but it didn't format well. First woman across is Jessie, and Aliy came in on Wednesday. Poor Aliy's dogs had a virus and were not doing well in the beginning, but they got better and her times really picked up towards the end. Jessie started and finished with 16 dogs - good for her. I can't figure out why Dallas was down to 7 dogs. Here's a newspaper article: Mitch Seavey becomes oldest, fastest musher to win Iditarod img=https://www.yahoo.com/sy/ny/api/res/1.2/jFJ4GVeXE6x5beCkkpRfbw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODQ7aD04NDtpbD1wbGFuZQ--/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/21/image001-png_162613.png.cf.jpgMARK THIESSEN... read more