San Diego

and some chill time

We visited lots of the San Diego classics when we were here in 2020, busy every day. This time we mostly hung out, did chores, walked around the camground, and enjoyed the weather (just a little chilly). But we did go into town 2 days to…

Attend a game at 1 new MLB Ballpark

Cleveland Guardians @ San Diego Padres at Petco Park (#16)
Wandering around the park, we decided that it is Our Favorite Ballpark, so far! (an usher told us that some people think it’s tied with Oracle Park in San Francisco…we’ll see if we agree in just a couple of weeks.) It’s the 2nd one we’ve visited with a team Hall of Fame in the park (1st was Cinncinnati). It has a play park on the grounds with a grass hill, 3 play areas for kids, 1 for pets, and…it becomes a city park when there isn’t a game!

An exciting afternoon game, we saw someone steal home! And…the Padres broke a team record with the game, winning their 7th game in their 7 game home season opener. Final Score: 5-2 Padres

Petco Park
At our seats at Petco Park
Petco Park, view of the play park
Petco Park, view of the ball field from the play park
Petco Park, view of the outfield, with the old Western Metal Supply Co building integrated into it

Spend an afternoon at the zoo

We visited the San Diego Zoo with an “old” RPI Classmate, Bob-K and his wife, whose visit to San Diego (while also traveling the country…taking their 5th? X-Country Train Trip) overlapped ours. After the zoo, we wandered around Little Italy, and had a very nice dinner together. So cool, enjoying a lovely day and catching up.

Entering San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo-Amy, Bob, Gail, Mark
San Diego Zoo-3 Hippos (and 2 ducks)
San Diego Zoo-Okapi, also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe and zebra giraffe, is endemic to the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa
San Diego Zoo-Sleeping Koala