Day 5 (10/24/2004) Stop 17
Well we are currently on our last leg of the trip. Let me catch you up a bit with help from the map on the left. From
San Clemente and Interstate 5, we exited east onto the State freeway-78 towards Escondido where we picked up
Interstate-15 south towards the city Poway (#1 on Map). After their previous hood visit, we progressed south
along Interstate-15 towards downtown San Diego and the world’s greatest San Diego Zoo. After about four hours
at the zoo, we tried to obtain a motel room in Downtown San Diego, but a large conference claimed all the motel
rooms in the downtown metro area. Not to put a dent in the day, we head west along Highway 75 crossing the Coronado
Bridge to go to the Coronado barrier beach/peninsula (#3 on the Map). After looking at Hotel Del Coronado, the beach,
we head back for the mainland. Next we take I-5 North to look around at the University of California-San Diego Campus,
until we were able to secure a room near, who would have guessed, Poway. After dinner we again shot east towards
Interstate-15 where we settled in at a Holiday Inn for the night. Once awake on Sunday, we headed for the airport to
secure our flight back to Atlanta. What a great trip!!
Paul J. Lossner
Keep Out! Sewage Contaminated Water!!
The three of us decided at the last minute to splurge a bit for the last motel night stay. We were attempting to stay in the haunted Hotel Del Coronado, pictured below. Believe it or not at $478 a night, this motel if booked ahead for 2 years! OK, cool, until we go out on the beach and discover that the entire beach is closed because of raw sewage in the ocean water. That price is a little steep for not being able to safely go into the water without risk of illness, Go figure!!
When we originally booked the rental car, we reserved a Dodge Charger with a Hemi engine built in. But, they
did not have a car for us when we arrived. So we had to make due. Another agent rented out this car to us, a
Chrysler Pacifica. I thought this was great. Leaving Tucson heading towards the Pacific Ocean in a Pacifica,
what irony! The Chrysler was very fun to drive. The car contained triptronic transmission which would allow
toggling between an electronic manual “stick” transmission and an automatic transmission was a true joy to drive!
The Pacifica is not your wife’s ordinary minivan.
Paul J. Lossner
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