I took Connor by both of the places I lived when I was out there. My first apartment with a girlfriend before I met Fred and then the apartment we lived in after we moved in together. Connor was so mad that we lived out there before he was born and couldn't believe that we had moved. It's hard for a 14 year old to really understand how expensive things and places are and the motivation behind his father and I's decision to move back to the midwest.
After we cruised around Pacific Beach, we headed south to Mission Beach Park to park the car and get out and walk the boardwalk and find a place to eat. Belmont Park had certainly changed since we lived nearby....Wow! I don't even think the roller coaster was functional back then. Now there are rides and shops and places to eat. We decided to grab some lunch at Wave House right on the Mission Beach boardwalk.
Had some excellent chicken nachos and a Mai Tai and it was fun to watch the surfers on the Flowrider. After eating we did some walking and some shopping. There was a very cool surf and skate shop called Sun Diego where we did some financial damage buying Connor a new pair of DC Rod Dyrdek skate shoes, a t-shirt and a hat. My girlfriend Kim's daughter Marisa was looking for a new pair of Van's and couldn't find them at the beach, so after we walked the boardwalk for a while, we decided to head back to Fallbrook via I-15 so we could stop at Westfield Mall (formally known as North County Fair - it was brand new when we lived there) and check out Zume's and a shoe place Marisa knew about.
After a couple of hours of mall walking and spending more money, we headed back to Kim's for dinner and to chill out after a full day.
More later.......
2 comments:
Great pictures! I didn't realize that you had actually lived there. Very neat that you could take Connor to visit.
It looks like a great place for a vacation. Thanks for sharing your journey and pictures with us.
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