We decided to take a 2 week vacation, well deserved at that. We left NYC after work Tuesday and drove up to Connecticut. We left the cats and fish in care of some neighbors and got in the car with the pupppers. We arrived at my parents house around 11:30 pm. Our flight out of Bradley International Airport was to take off at 5:30 am . We went to bed and got about 2 hours of sleep before it was time to get up and start getting ready.
Jump to now. So we are in the hotel right now. Our flights went fine and we finally got some sleep on the planes. We went to this diner place a friend recommended for brunch (though it was only 1120ish here) called Hash House A-GoGo. They have HUGE portions!! DJ got a 14 inch diameter pancake with coconut and mangoes and I had a framers scrambled egg thing with this really savory chicken in it along with mozzarella, roasted red peppers and corn. It came with home fries (crispy!) and a fresh buttermilk biscuit with a piece of watermelon on the side. It was so much food we had to take half of it with us, but luckily our hotel room has a mini fridge.
Right now DJ is taking a quick shower and we are changing into shorts cause man it is warm!! It only in the 70's but it feels so much warmer. I guess it's the different air quality and elevation and such, but 70 here is not like 70 in CT or NY
On the way to the hotel, after eating we really wanted to take showers, but since it was only noonish and hotel check in was 4pm we had a bit of a dilemma. I called the hotel and they said they would have the room ready in the amount of time it took us to get from Balboa Park to the hotel in La Mesa. We had to borrow some unsecured Linksys Wireless internet to get on google maps and get directions from our location to the hotel. We arrived with few incidences.
** TIME PASSES**
After the showers and a mini nap we went off to find the AAA office. Man it was gigantic!! Sadly since all the regional offices are really separate, they couldn't give us much help since the NY offices were already closed. We are gonna go back first thing in the morning tomorrow and see if we can get a card then (DJ left his in the apt.) We did get a lot of maps of the area, and of course as a map person that made me super happy :)
After this we went in search of the Target we saw on a hill in the distance to get some snack and a case of water. It turned out to be an indoor/outdoor mall. We shopped, we walked and we ended up in BJ's Brewhouse- La Mesa. We each had the 7 beer sampler and some great dinner. I ordered the open-faced burger smothered in the pale ale chili with seasoned potato wedges. DJ ordered the open--faced Pot Roast sandwich covered in mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy on a garlic cheese roll with steamed veggies on the side. All around I gave it 1 and 1/2 thumbs up. A full thumb for the food (not to mention we have a whole extra serving left in the mini fridge now) and a half a thumb for the beer. I didn't think they were amazing, they had a delayed flavor reaction, but the hubs liked them. I liked the Hef... I called it "my puffin"
Now we're in the hotel room in our jammies. It is almost 9pm local time, which is midnight back home. We are wiped from the lack of sleep last nite and the whole travel thing. We're off to bed.
Good night All!!
**PICTURES WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW,HOPEFULLY IN THE MORNING!**
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