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
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for lunch. The menu was charming
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with lots of options
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and the history of the place
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which caused Dansyl
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to spend a lot of time studying their options. As is the true test of a pancake house, the syrup was served warm
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though it is hard to convey this in a photograph without heat sensing web helper applications. Sylvia and I split this vegetable
omelette
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while Dan's plain omelette
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had already lost its puffiness but he had the pecan pancakes
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while we had the plain (actually buttermilk) ones.
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This is how Dan's plate looked
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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
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so it was not a totally lost experience.
After lunch, we drove to Carlsbad along this road
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and decided to ignore this sign
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so that we could go down to the beach
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and watch the birds fly
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as we observed the warning signs
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and watched the surfers
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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
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while we all observed the law
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and picked no vegetation. Along the sea wall, we ran into this memorial
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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
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while Dan had already gone in
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his. On the way back, we captured this wonderful picture
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of the birds at the surf and then noted that this van
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was a real steal for the right owner. Once back in La Jolla, Sylvia captured this picture of Dan and me
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having this chat session
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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
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and as you can see the deck
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was not rigged. So, here is a picture of the proud winner.
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