The route around Mission Bay can be confusing for people unfamiliar with the area. The roads cross at odd angles and have many curves. It’s not all east/west or north/south. Donna can be a little directionally challenged at times. When we first met, she didn’t know her way around Phoenix as she didn’t travel much beyond Scottsdale and Fountain Hills.
When we moved to Michigan, she made an effort to learn her way around. She actually ended up knowing how to navigate downtown Detroit better than I did. She also learned her way around the complex roads around the lakes in the west side of Oakland County.
San Diego has been challenging for her. She getting it though. Riding our bicycles around the bay and the beaches help. On Monday, she was riding the scooter home from Liberty Station in Point Loma. She missed the Sea World Drive exit and found herself crossing the Ingraham Street bridge. She knew it wasn’t where she should have been.
Once she crossed the bridge though, she saw Crown Point Drive and knew that if she turned there, she could find her way home because Crown Point Drive is on her regular bicycling route.
I’ve posted pictures of points around Mission Bay before. Today I’ll post pictures taken yesterday, showing view points I haven’t posted before. Please click on the photos to enlarge.
View looking north from east Mission Bay, north of the Hilton hotel
View to the west from Sea World bike path – south Mission Bay
View to the east from West Mission Bay Drive bridge
West Mission Bay Drive bridge viewed from the water near Quivera Basin
Last evening I went for a boat ride with Bud and Mona. Donna didn’t join us as she needed to prepare for an interview she had scheduled this morning with Better Homes and Gardens magazine. We cruised out past the jetty at the mouth of Mission Bay into the Pacific Ocean. We returned to De Anza just after sunset.
Sunset at the jetty
Bud and Mona joined us for dinner. Donna prepared picadillo for us and it was delicious. This was the dish she prepared on Friday night that had to be thrown out after she accidentally knocked over her glass of wine and it broke in the pan.
- Pan full of picadillo
Picadillo served over spaghetti
Today we expect another warm, sunny day. A cold front is coming our way though. Maybe in San Diego it should be called a cool front. Day time temperatures will drop to the mid 60s.