The Jungle Blog

We woke up at a quarter to 5, after 3 1/2 hours sleep. Fully, completely awake. Mom and Dad drove me to the airport, and there we met Jay and his entourage (His Mom, Dad, Brother Chad, Brother's girlfriend Whitney and Nicky, the dog) at the check-in. After tearful goodbyes we slipped through the gates and had a seamless check-in. Interesting to note: they make you take off your shoes now at the security check.

Napping on airplanes is convenient and fun, and I took half the flight off and woke up with half an hour to go. We hung out in the San Fransisco airport and played games on the long moving sidewalks until our delay finished. An hour and a half later we were in San Diego.

I won't recap all of it, but our hostess Cynthia is amazing. She drove us all around town and showed us the sites, took us to a tasty restaurant for lunch, and has an extremely nice apartment. Both Jay and I felt a little queasy after lunch, and I'm attributing it to our sensitive northern sterile food-friendly tummies. I'm all better now, but Jay had us pull the car off to the side of the road so he could 'get a better view of the grass'.

Highlight of the day: Finding a baby starfish at the edge of a tidal pool by the Cabrillo National Monument.

Tomorrow: Zooooooo!!!!

Love Tess