We flew out Saturday, June 30. Our flight was supposed to leave around 7:30pm, however, update after update and we finally boarded about 10:20pm (We did get free mileage and $6 food vouchers - each- which we used to buy bagels for breakfast the next day. We also got some hurkin' big fruit smoothies to while away the time at the airport. That reminds me, a mom and her adult son sat across from us at the gate. Very nice people- we made pleasant conversation (she was eying my CBD catalog). He did several slight-of-hand tricks for Zak. Pretty fun).
Anyway, after finally boarding, we still ended up sitting on the tarmac for another 30 minutes or so because they had to drain water out of something on the plane. One of the pumps wasn't working right or they put the water in the wrong compartment or something. Thankfully, we had already called the hotel to tell them we were running late so they wouldn't give our room away.
We arrived at the Omni, San Diego at around 2:30 am. They were waiting for us. The Omni is a cool place to stay. It's one of the nicer hotels and is located "spittin' distance" from the Gaslamp Quarter. When we arrived, they had a really nice gift bag for Zak. They really cater to families. The gift bag itself was a high-quality sturdy paper complete with velcro closure and straps so it could be worn as a backpack. Inside the bag was a nice hard plastic cup with lid and reusable straw (and a certificate for unlimited free refills at the hotel restaurant), a slinky, a rubber bracelet, a superball with rubber jacks, and I forget what else. There was also a certificate for free milk and cookie. Good cookie, too! Mmmmm! And big!
Outside the hotel is a fountain of sorts. It's really just a square area with water jets underneath that shoot up water at varying intervals & patterns. Zak had great fun running around in there! We had fun watching. It was positively hysterical at times!
We spent nearly all day, Sunday, walking around the Gaslamp Quarter. Just walking. It was very relaxing- no phones, no time tables, no agendas.... peaceful. I did take my camera and took way more pictures than I had intended. Every few steps or so, Zak, who apparently has an eye for interesting architecture, would beg me to take a picture of this or that lamp or fence or building. There actually is some very interesting architecture in this area. I'll post a couple of the pic's for you. There were some especially interesting features at a mall we went too.
The next day, Monday, we checked out and joined more of the Club Rust coordinators for lunch and shopping for the Club Rust group which would be arriving Tuesday.
More on that tomorrow...
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