San Diego with David

It is seldom that we get to travel and have our son David join us, but this trip is the exception.  We came to San Diego to talk to a judge about awarding us financial restitution after being defraud by a couple of crooks.  As I posted before, we won the case over 4 years ago but have never had damages awarded.  That will be heard tomorrow morning at 1000 o'clock and David will be briefing the judge and stating our case for a monetary award.  But that is not what this blog is about.  This blog is to thank David for coming out here and helping us through this ordeal.  We all got to enjoy a few days together before we attend to the more serious part of the trip tomorrow and we have had a wonderful time exploring the backyards of San Diego.  David really does not like any part of California but we think he has enjoyed the past few days.  He has had us take two pictures of him every time we go anywhere...one that demonstrates how unhappy he is here (staged for his friends in Denver)  and a real one with him enjoying himself.  If you look at his FB pictures you would think that he is very unhappy but we posted a few pictures below of all of us enjoying the sights of San Diego and the surrounding area.

David and Pat on the San Diego harbor. 

The Pacific coast and shoreline are beautiful, even on an overcast day.  The locals call this Gray May and it is followed by June Gloom!  You might want to think about that when you visit San Diego in the future.

David on the USS Midway - one of the highlights of our backyard visit downtown and a great tribute to America's greatest generation.

David and George enjoying beach across the road from our suite on Coronado Island.  Do you notice George has a warm jacket on and David is in a tee shirt?  It is a cool 62 degrees! 

One of the views from our balcony at the Naval Amphibious Base on Coronado

 Island across the bay from San Diego

 David smiling, beautiful flowers and the Pacific Ocean...does it get any better than this?

The San Diego-Coronado Bridge our gateway to San Diego.

We have really enjoyed the past few days with David in San Diego.  We hope tomorrow will bring great news but whatever the Judge decides; at least we can close this chapter of our lives and move on.  Having David fly out here has been great for us and we hope for him also.  Tomorrow night we will celebrate (no matter what the Judge decides) with David and our friends Tom and Maryann Graue, who will arrive tomorrow afternoon from Tucson.  Saturday, David flys back to Denver and we will saddle up and head east also. 

We have changed our travel plans from going up the coast to Seattle and the northwest and decided to return to Colorado for a few days before it is on to Ohio for the summer.  For our friends in the northwest, you get a reprieve this year but to our friends and family in Ohio... we are coming back!  I may have mentioned this before but, "you see what happens when you treat visitors really good --- you can't get rid of them"!

 

Our summer plans include helping Pat's brother, Clyde and his son Tony build a habitat house for Tony and his wife , checking in on Pat's brother, Chaz, who had major surgery, and attending the Cannode Christmas in July celebration along with playing a few rounds of golf.  We also plan a side trip to visit with Tom and Maryann (they should get tired of seeing us this year) who will be in Pennsylvania for the summer visiting with Maryann's family   It is great to have the flexibility to change our plans and it is wonderful to be able to see our families and friends in Ohio.   The northwest will be there for a while and we still plan on spending time exploring it's backyards.  . 

 Life is great, if you don't take it too seriously!!!