San Diego, Day 1

Our first full day in San Diego was spent at the Imperial Beach sand castle competition. What better way then to spend a day in San Diego, especially since it was FREE! I was so excited to go to this as I have seen pictures previously and was amazed at how intricate the exhibits could be. I guess 500,000 other people also thought it would be a lot of fun. We ended up parking at the high school, for $5, which was probably 2 miles from the beach. Since we wanted to save ourselves (and since we are lazy) we ended up riding in the back of a bicycle taxi. Our driver had legs like the UPS man that delivers to the office, not that I really noticed. He of course gave us a break on the price, $15 plus we tipped him $5 since we were on vacation and money was no object.

I have also attached my favorite sandcastle, please look at all the people in the background and that will give you an idea of how big it really was.

And I have also attached a picture of the winning castle, the engineering was phenomenal!











After fighting the crowds, we decided to stop at a Thai restaurant that advertised Orange Chicken and fried rice for $ 5.95. Well, we found out after we sat down inside that this price was only good if we ordered it outside on the sidewalk. We went ahead and ordered it inside and ended up walking out with a $40 tab for the 3 of us. P.S. we stiffed the waitress.



Since we were so full after our lovely lunch, we decided to walk the 2 miles back to the Excursion. Upon exiting the parking lot, we came upon a slight obstacle. Bill couldn't decide if he should just run over the little red car or try to manuever around it via the sled and hill.

Being the kind person that he is, he chose the wrong route...

After our free day that ended up costing close to $400, we went back to the RV park and grilled hamburgers for dinner.

It was a great day and I can't wait to go back next year!