unforgiven Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Finnally had a chance to take the wife on a little vacation.First stop Henderson,Nev. to see my bro and family.Great weather 80's.Went to the old mining town in Nelson,cool trip in the way back machine.Buffet at the Rio was the best.Cook out on his new grill,steaks and cold beer.Flight out of Midway was 40 min. late leaving.Southwest comped us 6 gin&tonics for the wife and 6 Wild Turkeys for your's truly.Got off the plane quite confused,listing to one side.Next stop was San Diego.Stayed at the Best Western on Shelter Island.Had a view of the ocean.Went to Point Loma ,stopped at Rosencrance National cemetray to give thanks to all our brothers and sisters.Went to the S.D. zoo very nice.Went to the Midway,listened to the Vets talk about different parts of the ship.Went to the MCRD San Diego to see the museam.Both guards at the gate were from Indiana.One from Franklin and the other from the family that owned "Phil Schimts" a well know family resturant in "Whiting" that was known for frog legs.Reading about the "Fighting fourth" was awesome.That was great an outstanding exibit.Tried to drive along the coast,gotta say Cali drivers suck,was cutoff cold 3 times.Driver coming from the right lane across to the left,causing me to hit the hooks.Went along La Jollia rd up to Del Mar to go on the beach.Was going to take 5 north but there was a shooting and it was a parking lot so we went back to the room.Went to Coronado Island.Had the best pizza ever at the "Coranado Brewing Co." with thier pumkin spice beer @ 8.1 alc. took a growler back to the room.Best mexican food "Albertos".Best radio station 91X out of Baja.Best seafood pricey but good "Point Loma Seafood".Met a guy in the bar at the hotel that was a neurosurgen for the DoD.He was also an Air force Vet that was shot down during the first Gulf War.I wish I had more time to talk to that man,he was very unasuming and very pro gun.The bartender the was from N.J. knew this guy for some time and I found out more about the guy in a relative short period of time the he did.Was hoping the see brothers Dirk and Tim but just not enough hours in the day.Sometime soon I hope.Caught up on the threads here,glad to be back.Sounds like everyone here is ok,glad about that.Saw the "Vincenns" and "Regan" nuclear aircraft carriers they clipped right along [with the help of some tugs] right in front of the room.Walked along the pier spoke with the people that wew fishing everyone was very pleasant.We both thanked everyone in uniform and Vets for there service and told them how proud we were of them. There were lots to thank.Nice to be home.Howdy boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Damnit, brother - just in Henderson last weekend. That would have been COOL! Glad to see you taking some time off... <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Awesome Rene ! glad you two had fun...gotta have a vacation once in a while! welcome back! Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted October 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 I saw that brother,was just there 3 days.Our time will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted October 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Thanks brother Jeff. :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 For someone that is used to Chicago driving saying Cali drivers are bad scares me lol! Sounds like a good time :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Came to my town and didn't even say hi... Glad you all had a good time though! Come back sometime soon and let us know you're coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripledeuce Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Glad you had the chance to get away! Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Sweet! Vacations are always the bomb! Glad you had a good time bro. :)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 i got 6 weeks coming up late november... WOOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Had the best pizza ever at the "Coranado Brewing Co." with thier pumkin spice beer @ 8.1 alc. took a growler back to the room. Sounds like you had a great time Rene, but I hate to tell you, you did not have the best pizza ever! If you weren't at Filippi's Pizza Grotto on India St. in San Diego then you couldn't have had the best. Just a few blocks from MCRD too! I've never been to San Diego without going to Filippi's at least once during the trip. http://www.realcheesepizza.com/web/locations/SD.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 He's right. Hard to beat Filippi's.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted October 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 To bad I missed Filippis,but aside from Chi and my small town a good pie is hard to find.Went to "Perry's" for breakfast that was pretty good.Also close to the MCRD.I am sure I missed alot of cool things in S.D. but I only had 4 days.Would have been nice to go out to Pacific to fish,maybe next time.Thanks guys,most important is brother Terry up and about.Fuk yea :banana: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Good to hear you got away for a couple of days brother. We all can use a little time to decompress. NOW.........back to work ya bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 And................now you know where to go for pizza the next time you go! <thumbsup> Glad you got to take a break though brother. Everyone needs something like that once in a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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