Debbie and Justin: Oceanside Californa (Part 1)

Justin and I had the pleasure of spending a week in Oceanside, California with all of Justin's family. We left on July 6th and made the easy trek to Oceanside. It's maybe a 7 hour drive but all down the mountain. We stopped in Las Vegas so Just could spend a hour or two in his favorite store, DXL! He doesn't get to go there as much as he would like and if we were going to pass it anyway... might as well stop. Justin got a few pieces that he needed to replace older clothes; a pink polo, two pairs of shorts, and a pair of hush puppies sandals. He walked out of the dressing room in his pink polo and bright blue shorts and I couldn't help but laugh. I wish I could of gotten pictures but I was laughing so hard! He looked like cotton candy.

We stopped in Primm for lunch and Justin was craving his Mad Greek food. I've never eaten Greek, but I know what they serve. Justin got a gyro, I got a Greek burger, and we shared some fried cauliflower. Good food... Bad idea for eating in a car. The cauliflower and burger were easy to eat in the car, not so much the gyro. I had to take his gyro that had the meat falling out and attempt to put the sauce over it while we were driving. Then Justin's gyro came with rice... not like sticky Chinese rice... rice with butter and herbs. Good just not ideal for the car. I gave up trying to feed him with fork and told him to wait until we stopped at rest area to eat it. Nope... not Justin! He just reached his hand in started eating the rice. Apparently it was just that good!

As we coasted down the mountain, we could feel the humidity increase and the temperature decrease! It was such a nice break from the high desert summers, especially since we were having a triple digit heat wave.

As soon as it got into the 70's we turned off the AC and rolled down the windows. I think we were the only car who had their windows enjoying the breeze and the cool air.

We pulled into Oceanside around 5:30, unpacked, and went up to the roof to enjoy the evening. It was so beautiful. We could see the ocean from the roof, hear it when we went to bed, and smell the ocean all the time. We grabbed dinner about 8:30 at a Mexican restaurant with Jen (Justin's sister) and her husband, BJ. Everything was so close that we could walk.