Day 10: Yuma to San Diego, CA - 218 Miles
Ran into a crew of guys and gals in the lobby of the hotel last night. They had tables and tables filled with laptops, maps and notebooks. We went out for dinner, drove around Yuma and came back. They were still there. Thought they might be surveyors. Couldn't stand it, so I went up and asked what they were so involved in. Turns out they were a 3-team crew getting ready to run a Baja rally - 1,500 miles down to the tip of Baja California at Cabo San Lucas. The details seemed immense.
Final prep today in the parking lot.
New territory today - never even been remotely close to I-8 between Yuma and San Diego. Some parts are just a stone's throw to the Mexican border. The obligatory wind turbines. California has thousands of 'em.
Arrived early in San Diego - we were staying in Old Town and the room wasn't ready. So we grabbed lunch on the street and walked around the Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Grabbed the car again and headed over to the Mission Beach area. It's about as beach towny as you can possibly get.
Then headed up the coast to the expensive enclave of La Jolla. La Jolla's got in going on.
The houses along the edge here run a cool 13 million on average. Property taxes are over $100,000 per year!! Who does this?
So. Many. Bugs.
Back to San Diego for a wedding party get-to-gether - about an hour to go 10 miles in the Friday afternoon traffic. It's crazy crowded here.