Momma and The Commander

Pie Girl and Dirt Doc were happy to have a visit with Dirt Doc's parents, Momma and The Commander. They squeezed a lot into their five day visit.....

Hooray for Pie Town!

First off, we simply had to take the old people to Julian, a small town about an hour east of San Diego (see previous post). Julian is basically one street, lined with places to get pie. We have tried them all and agree that Julian Pie Co. is the best. There isn't much to do there, except eat pie, look at all the shiny motorcycles, and pump dollars into the local economy via the myriad shoppes. (And let me assure you, they are all shoppes with the extra "p" and "e" on the end. You know what I mean.)

Backseat Driver ;)

One of the coolest things about Julian, other than all the pie, is that it is a mountain town that has desert on one side of it and green hills that lead to the Pacific Ocean on the other side. Quite often, the weather is completely different there than it is in the city and they have four seasons, unlike San Diego which seems to be perpetual Spring. Perfect for when we are feeling homesick and need to see snow, or leaves changing color. We are really looking forward to heading up there in the fall for apple season!

Kurt and his Dad look out over one side of the mountain at the Anza-Borrega desert.

No trip to San Diego is complete without a visit to the zoo. We met many new animal friends....

The Flamingos at the San Diego Zoo love to pose for photos!



and even ran into some old friends!

San Diego is turning into Delaware already.
When we were walking into the zoo we ran into Pam and Donna!
They work with Pie Girl's Mommy back in DE!
They were "attending" a real estate convention.

Momma and The Commander.


The Commander was attacked by a whale at Cabrillo National Monument. No one was injured in the accident.

Pie Girl and the Commander in front of Pie Girl's museum.
Dirt Doc: If things at the museum should turn sour, Pie Girl can always get a job as a Price is Right model. Look at how she introduces A BRAND NEW MUSEUM!!

While Kurt's good (?) work ethic drove him back to work, Pie Girl took Momma and the Commander on a tour of Balboa Park. They were able to get a sweet discount due to Pie Girl's status as "Park Employee" and all got into the Natural History Museum for free. The musuem shows An Inconvenient Truth every day on the big screen, so we also had a chance to see that.

We searched for a sunset each night with no luck. The night Momma and the Commander left, we had this outside of our house. Bloody weather.

We just hope that their experience with the flight home (delayed in Chicago - d'oh!) won't keep them from coming back for another visit!