On Wednesday, I arrived in San Diego, where I stayed with some old friends of my father. My father and Jerry Muinos grew up together in Tampa, FL, but Jerry moved to San Diego a long time ago. He lives there with his wife, Joyce. I hung out with them the first night at a bar with some of their friends, and then the next day I went out for their "one day tour" of San Diego. I think this may be the most beautiful city I saw on my trip. The whole mountains/beaches thing really gets me. The plant life there is really impressive. We took a trip to the Balboa Gardens which are near the San Diego Zoo. The gardens have all kinds of amazing plants and trees from all over the world. They also took me to the Coronado Hotel, which was built in the 1880's and still stands as one of the most exclusive hotels in the area. We did lots of sight seeing and had delicious seafood. I had a great time with Jerry and Joyce.
On Friday morning, I headed for LA. I had lunch with a friend of mine, Melissa Schmitz. I was friends with Melissa when I lived in Kenosha, WI but she now lives in LA. Then I went to Ventura, CA where I stayed with an awesome girl named Sharnell. Sharnell took me out to the beach (which she lives very close to) and then we went to a concert and hung out with a bunch of her friends. I had a great time. Then on Saturday night, she had a concert to go to out of town, so she let me have a key to her house and said goodbye because I planned to leave before she returned. That night, I had dinner with one of my best friends from elementary school, and his family. They live in Thousand Oaks, fairly close to Ventura. That was really cool, as I had not seen them in years.
Next, I'm taking CA-1 up the coast to Santa Cruz, for my summer as a camp counselor.
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