San Diego Family and Friends

While in San Diego, we had ample time to spend time with a part of our extended family, Rob and Carol. They live in Jamul in the eastern foothills, about a 20-minute ride from Mission Bay RV Park. We had so much fun, ate so much food, and enjoyed every minute of our time together. They've lived in the area for 30 years now, so know their way around well, and accompanied us to visit some incredible places ... and restaurants!

First, a picture of Rob, Carol and daughter Sarah.

We had so much fun visiting and eating and visiting and eating ... Another must see adventure is Old Town San Diego. Here you'll find a taste of Mexico and some of the best restaurants in the area. We visited Miguel's Cocina at least 3 times for some excellent Mex. A couple plates from Miguel's; chili Colorado and shrimp Quesadilla:

Well, now that I have your mouth watering, lets take a stop at Little Italy to another famous restaurant, Filippis Italian Pizza Grotto:

Here we dined on homemade pasta, clam linguini, gnocchi, and lasagna, all washed down with the house chianti, of course. I forgot to take pictures as we were too busy eating. Sorry about that! Well, maybe not?

Another stop on another day was the Farmers Table in La Mesa. After polishing off a 4-person picture of Bloody Mary cocktail, with a whole chicken on top, we ordered other incredible food plates from a large menu ... You don't walk away hungry from this place, believe me.

This was a very cool restaurant where you could see right into the kitchen. 

So, where do we go from here? Well, up to Rob and Carol's backyard for an excellent barbeque, on another day of course. Rob knows how to run that big Green Egg machine and turn-out plates like this one:

And, no trip to So Cal would be complete without a visit with Louise's older sister Dee and her family. They live about 2 hours away from Mission Bay RV Park in Diamond Bar. So, we decided to meet at a restaurant, half-way, called Filippis Italian Pizza Grotto. Sound familiar? Ha! You just can't eat too much Italian!

That's about it on food and friends for this blog. Our next planned thing to do was a trip up to Long Beach to go aboard the USS Iowa battleship, which has been on my bucket list for the last 40+ years. So, stay tuned ...