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Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> > "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:467f32b2$0$492$815e3792@news.qwest.net... >> L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote: >> >>> Hi Sandman, >>> I wish you would have given me a shout. >>> Actually, these months have less tourists, because the warmer inland >>> sucks the fog in so it's "June Gloom" and "May Gray" and we are filled >>> with Zonians trying to escape their heat. It's the winter time when >>> traffic comes to a halt with the snow birds, for our one hundred percent >>> clear sun shinny days. >> >> I hope the weather clears by the Fourth - the wife and I are flying out >> to >> spend a week with one of her cousins. She lives up on the hill >> overlooking >> I5 just above Sea World in Pointa Loma. >> >> My onlt extended experience with San Diego was a TDY stint where I spent >> most of a June sitting on a destroyer tied up in San Diego - felt like I >> was freezing most of the time. June Gloom indeed! >> >> -- >> Will Honea > > > Will, > Side Trips you can make ... > > Temecula Wine Country. > Take I-15 north to Temecula -- 55ish miles -- and exit Ranch California > Road and head east. Wine country is obvious ... > > Palomar Observatory > Atop Palomar Mountain. Exit I-15 at Valley Parkway in Escondido and follow > S-6 (Valley Parkway) to the top of the mountain. You will intersect > Highway 76 for a while, but then turn off on S-6 again and proceed up the > mountain. > > Julian > This is an old Gold Mine Town. Today, the gold comes from apples, and the > Bed & Breakfast places. From your sister's house, take I-15 to Scripps > Parkway, head east to Highway 67. turn LEFT onto 67 and follow it through > Ramona where it picks up Highway 78. Follow 78 all of the way to Julian. > If Julian isn't your cup of tea, proceed through Julian and remain on 78 > and drop down the back of the mountain into Anza Borrego. > > > Each of these are easy Day Trips from San Diego Bay to the inland regions > where the weather is even better than in San Diego. Palomar is very cool > if you like really big telescopes and the pictures they can take. If you > have your Main Squeeze along, I think you can do the Bed & Breakfast in > either Julian or Temecula's Wine Country for a reasonable price. I live in > Temecula, so I don't do the bed and breakfasts there, but I think you can > get bunked down for about $120. Julian should be about the same. Both will > have listings online ... > > If you get a chance to go to Petco Park in Downtown and watch a Padres > game, take it. Petco Park is perhaps the jewel of the National Baseball > league. San Francisco has a new ball park that is supposed to rival Petco > Park, but I've not been to it and I know from first hand experience that > Petco is very nice. Downtown San Diego is much different than when you > were a squid, I think you will be pleasantly surprised if you haven't been > back since you busy swabbing the decks. Thanks, Jeff, but I'm not a big tourista type. When we get together, John and I usually wind up find interesting projects to work on or playing around big, interesting machines. He was Chief of Maintainence on the Midway before he retired so I'm sure that's on out agenda while the girls $hop. We'll likely pretty much stay in town. If I ever get the chance, I have an old friend who owns a small winery up in th Napa valley - now that's my kind of tour! -- Will Honea |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:467f7abb$0$502$815e3792@news.qwest.net... > Jeff Strickland wrote: > >> >> "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:467f32b2$0$492$815e3792@news.qwest.net... >>> L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sandman, >>>> I wish you would have given me a shout. >>>> Actually, these months have less tourists, because the warmer inland >>>> sucks the fog in so it's "June Gloom" and "May Gray" and we are filled >>>> with Zonians trying to escape their heat. It's the winter time when >>>> traffic comes to a halt with the snow birds, for our one hundred >>>> percent >>>> clear sun shinny days. >>> >>> I hope the weather clears by the Fourth - the wife and I are flying out >>> to >>> spend a week with one of her cousins. She lives up on the hill >>> overlooking >>> I5 just above Sea World in Pointa Loma. >>> >>> My onlt extended experience with San Diego was a TDY stint where I spent >>> most of a June sitting on a destroyer tied up in San Diego - felt like I >>> was freezing most of the time. June Gloom indeed! >>> >>> -- >>> Will Honea >> >> >> Will, >> Side Trips you can make ... >> >> Temecula Wine Country. >> Take I-15 north to Temecula -- 55ish miles -- and exit Ranch California >> Road and head east. Wine country is obvious ... >> >> Palomar Observatory >> Atop Palomar Mountain. Exit I-15 at Valley Parkway in Escondido and >> follow >> S-6 (Valley Parkway) to the top of the mountain. You will intersect >> Highway 76 for a while, but then turn off on S-6 again and proceed up the >> mountain. >> >> Julian >> This is an old Gold Mine Town. Today, the gold comes from apples, and the >> Bed & Breakfast places. From your sister's house, take I-15 to Scripps >> Parkway, head east to Highway 67. turn LEFT onto 67 and follow it through >> Ramona where it picks up Highway 78. Follow 78 all of the way to Julian. >> If Julian isn't your cup of tea, proceed through Julian and remain on 78 >> and drop down the back of the mountain into Anza Borrego. >> >> >> Each of these are easy Day Trips from San Diego Bay to the inland regions >> where the weather is even better than in San Diego. Palomar is very cool >> if you like really big telescopes and the pictures they can take. If you >> have your Main Squeeze along, I think you can do the Bed & Breakfast in >> either Julian or Temecula's Wine Country for a reasonable price. I live >> in >> Temecula, so I don't do the bed and breakfasts there, but I think you can >> get bunked down for about $120. Julian should be about the same. Both >> will >> have listings online ... >> >> If you get a chance to go to Petco Park in Downtown and watch a Padres >> game, take it. Petco Park is perhaps the jewel of the National Baseball >> league. San Francisco has a new ball park that is supposed to rival Petco >> Park, but I've not been to it and I know from first hand experience that >> Petco is very nice. Downtown San Diego is much different than when you >> were a squid, I think you will be pleasantly surprised if you haven't >> been >> back since you busy swabbing the decks. > > Thanks, Jeff, but I'm not a big tourista type. When we get together, John > and I usually wind up find interesting projects to work on or playing > around big, interesting machines. He was Chief of Maintainence on the > Midway before he retired so I'm sure that's on out agenda while the girls > $hop. We'll likely pretty much stay in town. > > If I ever get the chance, I have an old friend who owns a small winery up > in > th Napa valley - now that's my kind of tour! > Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes favorably with the Napa Valley. |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:467f7abb$0$502$815e3792@news.qwest.net... > Jeff Strickland wrote: > >> >> "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:467f32b2$0$492$815e3792@news.qwest.net... >>> L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sandman, >>>> I wish you would have given me a shout. >>>> Actually, these months have less tourists, because the warmer inland >>>> sucks the fog in so it's "June Gloom" and "May Gray" and we are filled >>>> with Zonians trying to escape their heat. It's the winter time when >>>> traffic comes to a halt with the snow birds, for our one hundred >>>> percent >>>> clear sun shinny days. >>> >>> I hope the weather clears by the Fourth - the wife and I are flying out >>> to >>> spend a week with one of her cousins. She lives up on the hill >>> overlooking >>> I5 just above Sea World in Pointa Loma. >>> >>> My onlt extended experience with San Diego was a TDY stint where I spent >>> most of a June sitting on a destroyer tied up in San Diego - felt like I >>> was freezing most of the time. June Gloom indeed! >>> >>> -- >>> Will Honea >> >> >> Will, >> Side Trips you can make ... >> >> Temecula Wine Country. >> Take I-15 north to Temecula -- 55ish miles -- and exit Ranch California >> Road and head east. Wine country is obvious ... >> >> Palomar Observatory >> Atop Palomar Mountain. Exit I-15 at Valley Parkway in Escondido and >> follow >> S-6 (Valley Parkway) to the top of the mountain. You will intersect >> Highway 76 for a while, but then turn off on S-6 again and proceed up the >> mountain. >> >> Julian >> This is an old Gold Mine Town. Today, the gold comes from apples, and the >> Bed & Breakfast places. From your sister's house, take I-15 to Scripps >> Parkway, head east to Highway 67. turn LEFT onto 67 and follow it through >> Ramona where it picks up Highway 78. Follow 78 all of the way to Julian. >> If Julian isn't your cup of tea, proceed through Julian and remain on 78 >> and drop down the back of the mountain into Anza Borrego. >> >> >> Each of these are easy Day Trips from San Diego Bay to the inland regions >> where the weather is even better than in San Diego. Palomar is very cool >> if you like really big telescopes and the pictures they can take. If you >> have your Main Squeeze along, I think you can do the Bed & Breakfast in >> either Julian or Temecula's Wine Country for a reasonable price. I live >> in >> Temecula, so I don't do the bed and breakfasts there, but I think you can >> get bunked down for about $120. Julian should be about the same. Both >> will >> have listings online ... >> >> If you get a chance to go to Petco Park in Downtown and watch a Padres >> game, take it. Petco Park is perhaps the jewel of the National Baseball >> league. San Francisco has a new ball park that is supposed to rival Petco >> Park, but I've not been to it and I know from first hand experience that >> Petco is very nice. Downtown San Diego is much different than when you >> were a squid, I think you will be pleasantly surprised if you haven't >> been >> back since you busy swabbing the decks. > > Thanks, Jeff, but I'm not a big tourista type. When we get together, John > and I usually wind up find interesting projects to work on or playing > around big, interesting machines. He was Chief of Maintainence on the > Midway before he retired so I'm sure that's on out agenda while the girls > $hop. We'll likely pretty much stay in town. > > If I ever get the chance, I have an old friend who owns a small winery up > in > th Napa valley - now that's my kind of tour! > Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes favorably with the Napa Valley. |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:467f7abb$0$502$815e3792@news.qwest.net... > Jeff Strickland wrote: > >> >> "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:467f32b2$0$492$815e3792@news.qwest.net... >>> L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sandman, >>>> I wish you would have given me a shout. >>>> Actually, these months have less tourists, because the warmer inland >>>> sucks the fog in so it's "June Gloom" and "May Gray" and we are filled >>>> with Zonians trying to escape their heat. It's the winter time when >>>> traffic comes to a halt with the snow birds, for our one hundred >>>> percent >>>> clear sun shinny days. >>> >>> I hope the weather clears by the Fourth - the wife and I are flying out >>> to >>> spend a week with one of her cousins. She lives up on the hill >>> overlooking >>> I5 just above Sea World in Pointa Loma. >>> >>> My onlt extended experience with San Diego was a TDY stint where I spent >>> most of a June sitting on a destroyer tied up in San Diego - felt like I >>> was freezing most of the time. June Gloom indeed! >>> >>> -- >>> Will Honea >> >> >> Will, >> Side Trips you can make ... >> >> Temecula Wine Country. >> Take I-15 north to Temecula -- 55ish miles -- and exit Ranch California >> Road and head east. Wine country is obvious ... >> >> Palomar Observatory >> Atop Palomar Mountain. Exit I-15 at Valley Parkway in Escondido and >> follow >> S-6 (Valley Parkway) to the top of the mountain. You will intersect >> Highway 76 for a while, but then turn off on S-6 again and proceed up the >> mountain. >> >> Julian >> This is an old Gold Mine Town. Today, the gold comes from apples, and the >> Bed & Breakfast places. From your sister's house, take I-15 to Scripps >> Parkway, head east to Highway 67. turn LEFT onto 67 and follow it through >> Ramona where it picks up Highway 78. Follow 78 all of the way to Julian. >> If Julian isn't your cup of tea, proceed through Julian and remain on 78 >> and drop down the back of the mountain into Anza Borrego. >> >> >> Each of these are easy Day Trips from San Diego Bay to the inland regions >> where the weather is even better than in San Diego. Palomar is very cool >> if you like really big telescopes and the pictures they can take. If you >> have your Main Squeeze along, I think you can do the Bed & Breakfast in >> either Julian or Temecula's Wine Country for a reasonable price. I live >> in >> Temecula, so I don't do the bed and breakfasts there, but I think you can >> get bunked down for about $120. Julian should be about the same. Both >> will >> have listings online ... >> >> If you get a chance to go to Petco Park in Downtown and watch a Padres >> game, take it. Petco Park is perhaps the jewel of the National Baseball >> league. San Francisco has a new ball park that is supposed to rival Petco >> Park, but I've not been to it and I know from first hand experience that >> Petco is very nice. Downtown San Diego is much different than when you >> were a squid, I think you will be pleasantly surprised if you haven't >> been >> back since you busy swabbing the decks. > > Thanks, Jeff, but I'm not a big tourista type. When we get together, John > and I usually wind up find interesting projects to work on or playing > around big, interesting machines. He was Chief of Maintainence on the > Midway before he retired so I'm sure that's on out agenda while the girls > $hop. We'll likely pretty much stay in town. > > If I ever get the chance, I have an old friend who owns a small winery up > in > th Napa valley - now that's my kind of tour! > Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes favorably with the Napa Valley. |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
"Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:467f7abb$0$502$815e3792@news.qwest.net... > Jeff Strickland wrote: > >> >> "Will Honea" <whonea@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:467f32b2$0$492$815e3792@news.qwest.net... >>> L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sandman, >>>> I wish you would have given me a shout. >>>> Actually, these months have less tourists, because the warmer inland >>>> sucks the fog in so it's "June Gloom" and "May Gray" and we are filled >>>> with Zonians trying to escape their heat. It's the winter time when >>>> traffic comes to a halt with the snow birds, for our one hundred >>>> percent >>>> clear sun shinny days. >>> >>> I hope the weather clears by the Fourth - the wife and I are flying out >>> to >>> spend a week with one of her cousins. She lives up on the hill >>> overlooking >>> I5 just above Sea World in Pointa Loma. >>> >>> My onlt extended experience with San Diego was a TDY stint where I spent >>> most of a June sitting on a destroyer tied up in San Diego - felt like I >>> was freezing most of the time. June Gloom indeed! >>> >>> -- >>> Will Honea >> >> >> Will, >> Side Trips you can make ... >> >> Temecula Wine Country. >> Take I-15 north to Temecula -- 55ish miles -- and exit Ranch California >> Road and head east. Wine country is obvious ... >> >> Palomar Observatory >> Atop Palomar Mountain. Exit I-15 at Valley Parkway in Escondido and >> follow >> S-6 (Valley Parkway) to the top of the mountain. You will intersect >> Highway 76 for a while, but then turn off on S-6 again and proceed up the >> mountain. >> >> Julian >> This is an old Gold Mine Town. Today, the gold comes from apples, and the >> Bed & Breakfast places. From your sister's house, take I-15 to Scripps >> Parkway, head east to Highway 67. turn LEFT onto 67 and follow it through >> Ramona where it picks up Highway 78. Follow 78 all of the way to Julian. >> If Julian isn't your cup of tea, proceed through Julian and remain on 78 >> and drop down the back of the mountain into Anza Borrego. >> >> >> Each of these are easy Day Trips from San Diego Bay to the inland regions >> where the weather is even better than in San Diego. Palomar is very cool >> if you like really big telescopes and the pictures they can take. If you >> have your Main Squeeze along, I think you can do the Bed & Breakfast in >> either Julian or Temecula's Wine Country for a reasonable price. I live >> in >> Temecula, so I don't do the bed and breakfasts there, but I think you can >> get bunked down for about $120. Julian should be about the same. Both >> will >> have listings online ... >> >> If you get a chance to go to Petco Park in Downtown and watch a Padres >> game, take it. Petco Park is perhaps the jewel of the National Baseball >> league. San Francisco has a new ball park that is supposed to rival Petco >> Park, but I've not been to it and I know from first hand experience that >> Petco is very nice. Downtown San Diego is much different than when you >> were a squid, I think you will be pleasantly surprised if you haven't >> been >> back since you busy swabbing the decks. > > Thanks, Jeff, but I'm not a big tourista type. When we get together, John > and I usually wind up find interesting projects to work on or playing > around big, interesting machines. He was Chief of Maintainence on the > Midway before he retired so I'm sure that's on out agenda while the girls > $hop. We'll likely pretty much stay in town. > > If I ever get the chance, I have an old friend who owns a small winery up > in > th Napa valley - now that's my kind of tour! > Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes favorably with the Napa Valley. |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, > Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes > favorably with the Napa Valley. But I don't have a buddy there I can sponge off of! -- Will Honea |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, > Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes > favorably with the Napa Valley. But I don't have a buddy there I can sponge off of! -- Will Honea |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, > Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes > favorably with the Napa Valley. But I don't have a buddy there I can sponge off of! -- Will Honea |
Re: OFF TOPIC - california jeepers
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> Well, if you get a hankering to escape the June Gloom on the coast, > Temecula Wine Country is an hour away, and by all accounts it competes > favorably with the Napa Valley. But I don't have a buddy there I can sponge off of! -- Will Honea |
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