TravelSanDiego FamilyDobkin The next day I woke up and took the train to San Diego. Dansyl met me at the Solana Beach station and insisted that we had to go to the Pancake House ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041379 for lunch. The menu was charming ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041380 with lots of options ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041381 and the history of the place ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041382 which caused Dansyl ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041383 to spend a lot of time studying their options. As is the true test of a pancake house, the syrup was served warm ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041384 though it is hard to convey this in a photograph without heat sensing web helper applications. Sylvia and I split this vegetable omelette ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041385 while Dan's plain omelette ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041386 had already lost its puffiness but he had the pecan pancakes ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041387 while we had the plain (actually buttermilk) ones. ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041388 This is how Dan's plate looked ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041389 before he had dug in too far. I wasn't able to get a picture of the waiter because they were busy responding to their beepers so that they could get the pancakes out before the air ran out of them. But I did get this fine specimen for my collection of hand washing signs ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041390 so it was not a totally lost experience.

After lunch, we drove to Carlsbad along this road ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041391 and decided to ignore this sign ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041392 so that we could go down to the beach ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041393 and watch the birds fly ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041394 as we observed the warning signs ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041395 and watched the surfers ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041396 out in the ocean. Sylvia decided to do some experimenting with the camera to see if she could capture the perfect picture of the squirrel's sign ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041397 ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041398 ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041399 while we all observed the law ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041400 and picked no vegetation. Along the sea wall, we ran into this memorial ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041401 to some unfortunate possible surfer who didn't read the signs. Then it was time for a pit stop with Sylvia posing on her side ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041402 while Dan had already gone in ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041403 his. On the way back, we captured this wonderful picture ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041404 of the birds at the surf and then noted that this van ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041405 was a real steal for the right owner. Once back in La Jolla, Sylvia captured this picture of Dan and me ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041406 having this chat session ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1041407 with Jane on the other coast. For some reason, I forgot to record the wonderful dinner meal, perhaps it was tiredness. After dinner, we started a game of O Hell that ended the next morning with me as the victor as the scoresheet shows ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1051408 and as you can see the deck ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1051409 was not rigged. So, here is a picture of the proud winner. ../../../Sabbat/01.04-05.02SanDiego//P1051410