Rain rain and more rain. Today we were dumped on all morning long with the "atmospheric river" moving through California. It was windy so we decided just to hang around the rental for the morning. We did find that the sliding door was leaking and called the owner to let them know.
Just before lunch, they brought over a bucket and towels in case the leak got really out of control.
The nice thing? They refunded our cleaning deposit to cover the hassle of the leak. Bonus.
The rain stopped around noon. Misha found a place for lunch—The Fish Shop—where we enjoyed salads, fish tacos and fish and chips.
During our afternoon rain stoppage, we bought another Urban Adventure Quest scavenger hunt downtown and headed off to the Waterfront District in Embarcadero. The hunt took us walking a lot further this time—almost 3 miles. We walked through Little Italy, found the old firehouse museum, the Bob Hope Memorial, and the kissing statue.
It was a fun way to pass the time.
We ended up in Sea Port Village and looked through a few shops. The girls were happy to see a Wetzel's Pretzels shop. We stopped to eat the snack and watch some kite flyers.
As we were sitting there, a guy bent down in front of Chris and picked up a handful of sand and just let the sand run through his fingers. He said, "I didn't mean to weird you all out. I just got out of prison and have never been to the beach before." I thought his childlike enthusiasm was endearing.
At this point, the weather was beginning to change and rain would be coming again soon.
We took off driving in the mountains through Cuyamaca Rancho State Park and National Forest and along lots of winding roads. Misha may have been getting a little car sick in the back seat. We drove through Julian and Romana and stopped at the Chick fil A in Poway for dinner.
The rain was coming down pretty heavily for our remaining 45 minutes back to San Diego.