We woke up a little late due to the phone alarm not going off properly.
We then had a coffee at reception and went to San Diego Old Town to take a look around. Very old historic tourist town. It had a old western style to it. We bought some cigars in the Cigar shop there. The choice of sugars was huge and even another room for more! They were selling guns, knives, pipes and all sorts but mainly smoking related products.
They did huge cigars and even the guy behind the desk was smoking one whilst he served us on the counter. He was a friendly guy dressed up with the western theme like everyone else that works in the town. A cool experience.
I ate a sandwich with egg, pesto and bacon. Tasted very nice but it was very small. I also had a bag of potato chips.
We then walked around and looked at some cacti and we saw two donkeys.
Dogs are not allowed near the donkeys because they apparently give off the same scent as a coyote which hunts the donkeys.
We then tried a caramel filled Chirro. It’s like a long donut with a filling.
We then went over to San Diego Zoo. Brilliant zoo and it was not that busy which was nice . It was very rare that you had to queue or push through crowds.
A lot to do there you could easily spend a full day there.
Looks like they are expanding the zoo with loads of developments going on around the park.
Food and drinks are very expensive.
I do recommend going there.
Look closely below at the picture there are two animals in there.
We then watched the Ice Age 15min film in 4D. Below is a photo of Sid and myself.
We then went to an “In and Out” restaurant. It is like the Wendy’s but not as big and not as many options. I personally didnt think the fries were as nice as Wendys.
We then started travelling down Route 8 to the East (8 E) to Blythe.
The drive down was about 150 miles and the road went through the middle of the deserts and loads of sand was blowing over the road. There were big sand dunes everywhere it would have been a great view in the day. It was very dark.
We also had to stop due to Border Patrol officers. Questioned us to where we ste going and what we are doing etc. They wanted to see our passport but i said it was packed in luggage and he said dont worry drive on.
We stopped at Budget Host Motel in Blythe.
