Zoo, Pacific Sunset and Turtles

Monday was one of most memorable days on the trip. We left Anaheim behind and headed to San Diego. The main goals Sarah and I wanted to accomplish were to go to the zoo and see a sunset. After a brief outburst by Sarah/sisterly discussion about directions and driving, we went to the zoo and had a great afternoon looking at animals. The San Diego zoo is an obvious must see in Southern California, so I will not bore you with details, but it was fantastic. Afterward, we went to La Jolla beach and walked on the beach and watched the suffers. La Jolla was beautiful. We found an amazing microbrewery not too far on the beach that had a roof deck to watch the sunset. It was beautiful! It was a perfect moment of Pacific sunset, beer, and great mac n' cheese (almost as good as Publick House :) I made friends with our waitress because she was from Worcester, and she suggested a bar in the area that did turtle races on Monday night. Yes, TURTLE races. We were sold, and two hours later we were screaming and cheering on the racing turtles. A concept so simple, and yet I had to travel 5000 miles to find a bar that raced turtles for the pleasure of drunken idiots. If my teaching pursuits fail, I may open a bar that specializes in turtle racing, so stay tuned.