It was a beautiful day yesterday. Donna and I decided to take a walk. We headed out of Mission Bay RV Resort past the Mission Bay Golf Course to the Rose Creek trail. The trail took us underneath Grand Avenue where I saw an egret and a number of ducks in the creek. I snapped a photo.

Underneath Grand Avenue – egret in the lower left, ducks in the background

Our route arced back toward Mission Bay Drive. We cut through the Rubio’s parking lot and crossed Mission Bay Drive to Lanna Thai. We sopped there for lunch. I had my usual chicken pad thai dish while Donna tried something new – she opted for east eggplant with squid. She said it was delicious. There was a glitch with my order though.

Usually the waitress asks me what level of spicyness I desire. They use a scale of 1 to 10. As we were waiting for our food, I realized that she didn’t ask me this time and I didn’t see her again until my order came out. A waiter brought my plate and I asked how spicy it was. He said, “No spice – pad thai isn’t a spicy dish.” What? Every pad thai I’ve ever had was spicy as red chili pepper is one of the ingredients. Every time I’ve had pad thai at this very restaurant and every other restaurant, they’ve asked me how spicy I want it. He took my meal back to kitchen to add red chili pepper.

After lunch, we walked back to the RV park along Mission Bay Drive. Our route basically circumnavigated the golf course and the total distance was about three miles. The sky became partly cloudy during our walk. The temperature was in the upper 70s.

Later I rode the scooter over to Dan Diego’s European Bistro to take another try at fresh-hopped IPA beer. I was advised by John Hinton (On the Road of Retirment) to try it on tap instead of from a bottle – he thought it tasted much better on tap. I tried a taster then ordered a pint. It wasn’t the same Stone IPA I had in a bottle. This IPA was brewed by Pizza Port Brewing – a longtime San Diego craft brewer. It was tasty with a grapefruit like finish.

On my way home, I stopped to take a photo of the sunset. Thin, high clouds made it a spectacular sight.

Sunset on the bay at De Anza Cove

I finished my day watching the NFL football game. The Detroit Lions were stunned on the final play of the game – a Hail Mary pass that covered 61 yards to the end zone on the final play of the game.

Today we have some clouds and the predicted high will be in the 60s. Warmer weather will return tomorrow and into next week. I plan to scooter Donna to Ocean Beach for pickleball at the recreation center. Then I’ll head over to Costco and buy baby back ribs for tomorrow’s barbeque before I pick Donna up in OB at noon.