PETITE SIRAH, PASO ROBLES and SAN DIEGO

We've been in California for 10 days, are now back in San Diego, and will leave later this afternoon on a flight home to Honolulu. This has been a truly great trip, for I finally got to Paso Robles and drank their Petite Sirah. Plus we saw a lot of San Diego.

Our drive from Paso Robles to first Encinitas, where Linda lives, and, finally, the Marriott Marquis in San Diego. Goodbye Allegretto Hotel and Paso Robles.

After a few miles, a look at how far we had left.

San Diego is 346 miles from Paso Robles. We stopped by at a Subway to fill gas. My lunch.

Linda and her parrot, followed by habitat for three guinea pigs.

We had a sushi and beer dinner. Linda's two sons on the right, with her mother in the middle.

Sushi.

Back at the Marriott Marquis. Room 1900 is a suite.

Night view.

A standard free breakfast in the M Club.

Day view, with the Coronado Bridge in the left background.

We then spent the evening feasting on pizza, hamburger, french fries and onion rings with wine watching the Dodgers lose to the Blue Jays in the World Series and California with Hawaii freshman quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele losing to Virginia Tech.

The San Diego Airport across the bay only 3.3 miles from the Marriott Marquis.

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