La Jolla

We decided the Miata deserved a good washing, so took it to our favorite car wash in La Jolla and gave it the "gold" treatment. Then we cruised with the top down through La Jolla. We had lunch outside in one of our favorite places. It was a beautiful day, but we did manage to find a parking space (Betsy's Rule: if you find a parking space in La Jolla along the cove, take it, even if you weren't going to stop!) The pelicans and cormorants were enjoying the day too.

We Arrive in San Diego

Here is Art and Kathy's Miata parked in front of the condo while we unload. Picture taken from the balcony of our unit. Tough view, huh? Below, Fred gives the Miata a pat for a job well done after parking it in its garage, around the corner from the condo.

Westward Ho!

When Fred and I agreed to drive our friends' red Miata West for them, we didn't know what we were getting into. Art and Kathy Buono moved to Colorado just in time for all the December 2006 blizzards. We picked up the car at their old house in VA, and fifteen minutes into the drive home, the Buono curse hit us too. The snow in our driveway melted before we left, but more snow flurries hit just as we were leaving on Wednesday the 24th of January.

We stopped in Staunton, VA for lunch at the Hi Nieghbor restaurant. The salt on the side of the Miata is a testimony to the snowy conditions that had been around.

We spent the night near Knoxville, and left the next morning in, you guessed it, snow flurries.