So I made a decent donation to the casino, but it was a nice night. It wasn’t like I had LTE signal to do my blog or gallery uploads. I was fortunate to have a very scenic ride to my oil change appointment, since I didn’t get to see anything the night before.

While there I was working on uploading the images from Joshua Tree, the woman next to me (Francine), commented how beautiful they were. Turns out she got her degree in geology. I was able to learn quite a bit from her. I hope she will be able to see the new ones I have put up and will be putting up along the rest of my travels. If I am stumped on what I am trying to label, she can help out!

After I was done there I headed to meet up with a friend who retired from NVCC not too long ago. It was a great afternoon and I was happy to meet her husband. We went to the Farmer's Table for a great lunch. The short afternoon get-together turned into a seven hour visit. I know on my part I could have visited longer, but we all had things to take care of and it was getting late, so I headed out. We’ll be sure to get together again when they are back east.

The following day I went to the Museum of Photographic Arts in beautiful Balboa Park. After strolling through the museum and park I connected with a long-time friend that I hadn’t seen in years. Only thinking about having a short couple hour visit, it turned into a multiple hour deal. She doesn’t plan on leaving San Diego any time soon, so I am sure I will get a longer visit in the near future. It was nice to have a tour guide take me to a great picnic spot, a bay beach, and eventually to the Pacific Ocean.

So I could have uploaded my blog and gallery images at this point, but I was too content visiting that it took the back burner. I think I made the right decision.