Traveling again...

Feb 6, 2010
Our Ed Roste clan left home at 4 am Saturday morning for the airport, got some Timmy’s and had a fairly smooth trip to San Diego. We all got checked for drugs or explosives at some point: they checked my bag, Mike’s hands and pockets, Mom’s clothes,… I think Dad got through okay though. We got pulled aside into a secondary screening room when we were in Vancouver (we must have looked a little sketchy), or else we just won the “lottery”, and had our bags checked through an extra baggage screening place. We were a little worried that our bags wouldn’t make it to our next flight since we only had half an hour until we left once our screening was over, but again, we were just fine.

We were met by Lou and Brian at the airport, and got our first look at the lovely tan brown 11 seater van we would spend the next week using in Mexico. It’s fairly old, I’m assuming, because it only has a tape cassette player, but it’s in good shape. Thank goodness the floor is lined with plastic matting, so it will be easy to clean in the end!

We went to Walmart for quite some time to stock up on last minute items we needed. Then we had an impromptu tour of San Diego in the vehicle, and finally made it back to the hotel for naps and lunch at 3:30 pm. I for one, was exhausted and starving, but it’s amazing what a little food and coffee does to perk you up.

We went out for a lovely dinner at Antonios Seafood Grotto on the wharf. We watched a cruise ship leave for their week, and had a delicious, melt in your mouth seafood meal. It was a great start to the week. We all hit the hay pretty early that night, ready for an early morning start.