After our great time at Disneyland, we decided to extend our vacation a few more days and go visit our favorite missionaries. Elder Mike Johnson and Sister Jan Johnson are serving a military-relations mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Diego. They’ve only serving for about a month, but we were excited to see them.
But before driving down, we had to make a stop at The Coffee Cup for brunch with Uncle Matt amid the pouring rain.
The drive down the I-5 was through crazy heavy rains. We eventually arrived in San Diego and hung out at my mom and dad’s apartment complex for the evening.
Cabrillo National Monument
We packed some lunches and drove down the Point Loma peninsula to Cabrillo National Monument. We explored the tide pools and walked along the beach.
We looked for whales (didn’t see any), toured the lighthouse, and ate a picnic lunch while overlooking Coronado island. It was a beautiful area of San Diego and a fun place to visit for an afternoon.
Mission Beach Ride-athon
On Saturday morning Claire and Grandpa were putting together an electric assist for his wheelchair. After a few false starts and a trip to Home Depot to cut off a couple inches of aluminum tubing, we finally got it working.
After playing around with it for no more than 5 minutes, we decided to go to Mission Beach to try it out among the general public on a crowded and popular boardwalk. What is the worst that could happen?
Grandpa Mike would have been bored cruising along all by himself, so the rest of us rented various conveyances and we set off on a ride all around Mission Bay and then the boardwalk along the beach.
A group like ours must have freaked out the folks we passed. We avoided causing too much havoc as we cruised around the bay on the bike trails and side streets.
After we’d explored and had our fun on the bikes, trikes, and electric scooters, we found a table in the park and had a picnic lunch. My folks had some missionary work to go do, so we parted ways and then we went to go visit the Denney family. We spent the afternoon at their house, catching up and letting all the kids play together before heading out to dinner.
Between our two families, we have 15 people. So even missing Jake who is in El Salvador, our combined crews are still a sight to behold, especially in Southern California. Despite all the stares and pointing we had a nice dinner at The Taco Stand in Encinitas and then some fancy dessert at Sidecar Donuts.
We had to get back early to pack up all our luggage and prepare for our long drive home on Sunday. We had a great week, from Hollywood, to Disneyland, and finishing up in San Diego, but it’s always good to be back home.
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