1/24/08 San Diego, CA

1/24/08
Hello,
I my first full day in California was spent resting! LOL The next day my son David was going to arrive for a 9 day visit with me.
On Friday 1/25/08, I picked David up at the airport it was great seeing him again. The airport was about 15 mins away from motel. David was pretty hungry by then with the time change and all - so we stopped next door to the motel and got a bite to eat. We spent the rest of the evening visiting, catching up and planning our adventures during his visit.
We had purchased “Go Cards” for the San Diego area. You can get these cards for most major cities and I would highly recommend them- even if the city is in your own state! They come in 1,2, 3, 5, and 7 day packages. We had purchased the 5 day pass. We saved a lot of money using (almost $300 for the two of us) this card. How it works is they give you a card (looks like a credit card) and a book of all the attractions, stores and restaurants that the card is good at. These books are great- really gives you an idea of all the things to do in the area. This card will either give you a free admission into an attraction or tour, a percentage off or free item in a restaurant, or a percentage off or free gift from a store. Like I stated earlier- David and I both got a card for 5 days which cost about $136.50 each. We ended up saving almost $300.00 with all the things we did…and we did a lot- but there was so much more we couldn’t get to!! So really folks…I would highly recommend these cards if you want to really get a feel for an area and save money! The link to the Boston Card is: http://www.gobostoncard.com/ at this site there are links to all the other cities they offer. Go check them out!!!
After a bit of discussing the plans David started to unpack his things. He had mentioned that he had a surprise for me. I thought it might be a Patriot’s shirt or hat (as we had been talking about them- they were in the play offs against that San Diego Chargers -that upcoming weekend) So David then handed me a box- it was a box for the camera he had bought his Nana a few months back- ( a real nice digital camera with zoom lens). So I opened it expecting to find my t-shirt… LOL…to my surprise there was a camera in it….“still being a bit slow on the draw”..I said “Oh, Nana let you bring her camera- that is great-we should get some good pictures!”…David started to laugh- he said no it’s yours! Well it took a couple of seconds for it to hit me then WOW!! He had gotten me the same camera…cause I was saying how much I really liked my moms- and someday would have to get one. What a blow me away surprise! Thank you again so very much David!!! The camera is great. It’s a FujiFilm- Fine PX S5700- camera. It has many wonderful features and takes great pictures! I said well since I have this great new camera- would you like to have my old faithful digit camera??? LOL- He said sure it would be a step up from the one he had!!! LOL
But the surprises were not over! He then took out a memory card and put it in the camera…and said watch this….. As I watched I saw my dog MayMay…. David had gone over to his uncles house and videoed taped (on the new camera) all the dogs- mine and my brothers all talking to me! It was so great to see them all especially May…. I had been missing her so much since I left her there. So as you can see it was a very good night for me. I had my son visiting, a new camera, and a video of my dog talking to me!! What more could a person ask for??? Nothing!
David and I decided to take the 1st full day of his visit relaxing and driving around the area to get a feel for things…..that will be in the next blog.
Hope this entry finds everyone well. Take care everyone- I’ll be back soon- Love Donna