2nd Week @ Santee, CA

San Diego Bay from Cabrillo National Monument

Point Loma lighthouse

We've been out & about this week visiting Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego Zoo's Safari Park & Scripps Research Center's Birch Aquarium.  We've had a couple days of rainy weather, but it's usually a cloudy morning that ends in a sunny afternoon.  Highs are usually in the low 70s with nightly lows into the 50s.  We've located Mike & Terry from the Nuwa Owners forum and expect to meet up with Donna's friend over this coming weekend.

Safari Park

Donna's also found a kntting shop over in La Jolla, and I've introduced her to the Souplantation (restaurant).  We've located decent grocery stores. Unfortunately, Super Walmarts here aren't all that super in that they're missing fresh vegetables and fruits.  Albertsons and Vons are pretty good grocery stores that are in this area.  And we've also located those all important shopping malls and one great BBQ restaurant (Phil's).  So we're good.


Safari Park

One other thing of note - this isn't a strong Verizon Wireless area.   Verizon's locator map notes Santee and San Diego is 4G LTE, but we're constantly in 3G coverage or none at all - and that includes voice coverage.  So Verizon users beware.  On the north end of the campground's West Oak loop where we're located, Verizon Wireless is useless for voice & data.

Safari Park

The Santee Lakes campground WiFi is pretty good, but can slow down when a lot of people are on it. We've found it pretty much useless on the weekends when the campground fills with families and kids (& grandchildren, etc). 

We've also driven around and looked at several other campgrounds in the San Diego area.  Just based on asthetics, we don't think you can beat Santee Lakes campground, though. It's a great walking/bicycling park with nice wide sites here on the north end.

Anyway, we're having a great time. I've posted some pictures from the areas we've visited so far. Still more to see.  Later, David 



Safari Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safari Park

Safari Park



Birch Aquarium



Birch Aquarium

La Jolla as seen from Birch Aquarium