Once in San Diego and with a quiet day (haircut, lunch at Coco's, games of Ohell, ... ) in San Diego behind us, we headed to the Salk Institute where we had a physicist take these group photos though he didn't seem to understand light transport ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270082 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270083 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270084 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270085 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270086 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270087 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270088 After one more picture ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270089 We headed off to Coronado Island and after parking the car, found our way ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270090 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270091 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270092 to the entrance ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270093 and beyond to this sign ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270094 denoting this tree ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270095 and then inside to the large tree ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270096 that everyone was photographing ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270097 before we made our way through the hotel to the back side ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270098 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270099 where the human Zamboni was sweeping the ice in the skating rink (it was only 65 degrees that day) ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270100 and then on to the beach with Dan ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270101 and the views back to the hotel ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270102 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270103 with Suzanne on the beach ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270104 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270105 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270106 as Ben made his way ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270107 so that Suzanne and Ben could pose for me ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270108 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270109 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270110 before we went back and found this delightful bench where Suzanne and Sylvia ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270111 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270112 then Ben ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270113 then Suzanne and Sylvia ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270114 and increasing groups of all of us posed occasionally interrupted by a passerby who wanted to take a group photo and so we obliged for these many photos ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270115 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270116 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270117 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270118 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270119 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270120 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270121 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270122 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270123 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270124 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270125 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270126 Next thing we knew, Suzanne had found Audrey ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270127 and so I took this photo of Cara, Joel and Ben ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270128 and then Ben took these pictures of me exploring Joel's new camera ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270129 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270130 before we headed back to La Jolla and Ben and Suzanne posed with Mr. Claus ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270131 before we headed to the Chinese restaurant for our holiday dinner and started with this Chinesse beer ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270132 as Alan ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270133 Cara ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270134 Joel ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270135 Ben ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270136 Dansyl ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270137 Audrey ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270138 and Suzanne and I ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270139 waited for the soups to come ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270140 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270141 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270142 ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270143 so that my hot and sour could be served ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270144 along with the shrimp ../../../Sabbat/2009/12.21-28.09california//P1270145 beef with broccoli 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