goodbye california, see ya in november!

Bye Bye Coronado!

the last couple of days on our trip were spent relaxing.

we rented bikes and a trailor to explore the island.

that didn't last too long.

in california, you have to have all children under the age of 18 wear a helmet.

this is VERY smart!

but, ave had never worn a helmet before and did not enjoy it in the least bit!

it was still worth trying and we are looking into buying a trailor for salt lake!

we also tried the air and space museum in balboa park.
it was rainy and cold this day & we were pretty intrigued by the HUGE
sign advertising an "ALIEN" exhibit.
HA!
the alien portion was the allotment of people's imaginations of what alien's are or might be.
they even had toy figurines from the movies Alien and ET.
what a joke.
they even charged us $50 to get in. i was pretty mad!

once we made it over to the "air" side of the museum, it was a history of planes.
(mostly PanAm. think Aviator, the movie.)
this side was pretty cool. thank goodness.
i started chatting with an elderly man who was a flight instructor.
he asked me about my history with planes.
i had none.
except that my dad and brother are air traffic controllers.
and my mom is a flight attendant.
so i guess i kind of do!
we chatted for a while. then he asked me if i remembered the first time i saw a real airplane.
of course, i didn't.
he said he remembers seeing a small red plane fly over his grandfathers farm
when he was just three years old.
he said since that moment, he knew he wanted to fly planes.
it was so sweet.
i made sure to stand on the balcony outside overlooking the freeway
just so we could see BIG commercial planes fly within a few hundred feet of us to
the san diego airport.
maybe one day avery will remember the first time she saw an airplane!

(i'm standing by the history of PanAm flight attendant outfits...nick, well, he's an astronaut.)

such a cutie pie!

the rest of the trip was spent at the beach.

it was pretty cold, but avery did not mind.

she even ran into the ocean with pants and a sweatshirt on.
she could not get enough of it!

this is what happens if you try to take ave out of the ocean. she gets MAD!

we also spent alot of time collecting sand dollars. aren't they pretty?

we sure do enjoy our time spent in coronado.

so much so, we have decided to go back during thanksgiving.

is it november yet?

we were also able to spend almost every evening with nick's dad and step mom.

we have so much fun with them & they introduce us to the best restraunts in san diego!

we certainly are lucky to have such wonderful people surround us in our lives!

thank you dale & sheri for spending so much time with us!