On the 1st of January very early in the morning we left to Salt Lake City. I had not slept at all before we left. Enoch slept for about 4 hours. It was snowing when we left so we left at 2:30 in the morning. Our flight was leaving SLC at 8 in the morning. It is only a 3 hour drive but because of the snow we decided to leave early. I tried so hard to stay a wake while Enoch drove. I think that I got to Pocatello before I fell asleep. I woke up a few times while driving because the roads were so crazy I felt the snow pulling the car in different directions. Enoch said that it snowed up till about 30 minutes to the airport and then the roads were clear. I am glad that he was alert enough to drive because I was no help. Once we got to SLC we left our winter coats (no coats needed in San Diego). Once we got through security, gotta love taking off your shoes and stripping naked, okay it isn't that bad but a few times on our trip the lines were over an hour long. We found our gate and were only going to have to wait 30 minutes before it left but our luck had it that we waited an hour longer. There was something wrong with our plane so they had to get another plane for us. I was happy to finally leave SLC when we did.
Our plane flight was an hour and 45 minutes. It actually worked out great being late because we were able to go right a way to get our rental car. Oh and let me tell you flying into San Diego was amazing. You fly right in between down town and the buildings. First impression San Diego is beautiful. The airport if right in the bay so you see the ocean right a way. It was so nice too to walk out and be warm and not cold. When we got to our car rental place we were able for $10 more upgrade to a sports car. It was red and so nice. I loved being able to drive around with the top off. Very appropriate for our first time in San Diego.
We stayed right in the harbor at the Omni hotel. The hotel was really nice. We got it for really cheap as well. The one thing though about our hotel was that they had no parking. It was only valet. You pay valet or park your car in a parking garage. It was so expensive to park but we weren't going to park in a parking garage.
Once we went to our room which was on the 15th floor we left to go and see some things. Our room didn't face the ocean but we could see Petco Park (the Padres) baseball field. That was cool. Our hotel as well was right next to the gas lamp district. We left our hotel and took the train to Old Town. Old Town was so awesome. Old Town is the first town in San Diego. Many of the buildings are still intact. They have redone many of them. Old Town was so cool. We went and ate at a Mexican Restaurant that was outside. That was fun. There was also a Mariachi band playing. Very cool. We spent a couple of hours walking around looking at things. While in Old Town we went to the candy store and bought salt water taffy and caramels. Old Town was really neat but we found out after we got home that there was so much more we could have seen. So sad. Oh well. Also there was an ornament that I really loved and didn't buy. I should have and am sad. Oh well maybe I will go back and get it soon. Ha ha.
After hours in Old Town we went back to our hotel for what was supposed to be just a bit because we were going to go to the Gas lamp district and find a place to eat. We ended up falling asleep for almost two hours. Enoch laid down on the bed while I was watching something and then before I knew it I was asleep. We had only maybe slept 5 hours in 2 days so we needed the nap. Once we got up we went to this cool Thai restaurant. The Gas Lamp district is a few city blocks that is full of shops and Restaurants and tons of bars. It is crazy as to how crowded it is as night. Even at 2 in the morning you can hear faint music in our hotel room. The Thai restaurant we ate at was really cool looking. It had sheer curtains dividing each table and a large water fountain. What we ate was pretty good. All of it was gluten free as well.
After dinner we walked a few blocks to the outside mall to watch a movie. Because it was New Years Day all the stores we closed. We were going to see Blind Side but walked into Sherlock Holmes instead. We were just going to watch the first 10 minutes before our movie started but decided to stay and watch the movie. We really liked it.
After the movie we got back to our hotel around 1:30 AM. We were so tired from not sleeping and we walked so much. I think that we walked over a few miles. It was so fun and the weather was so nice.
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