Red Sail Restaurant. Shelter Island, San Diego. We took full advantage of the absolutely beautiful morning and had breakfast outside. Peg needed to soak up all the sun she could before heading home to DC's 4-7 inches of snow.

Shelter Island. Blowing bubbles. Memorial.

Shelter Island pier, San Diego. These are not ornaments on the roof of the pier--they flew away later. You can also see them in the next picture, behind Peg.

Shelter Island, San Diego. The sun came out for the last morning of Peg's visit. We took full advantage before she headed home for the DC snow.

View from the Presidio, San Diego, CA--the site of the original fort establishing San Diego. The view up Mission Valley shows the result of San Diego's record rainfall. That's a baseball diamond in the foreground. Or it was.

Visitor Center, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Hey! Is that Mickey Mouse?

Visitor Center, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. It rained and rained Monday morning. We opted for two talks at the visitor center--one on Ravens and one on the desert railway--the Corrizo Gorge railroad that runs through the desert.

Anza Borrego State Park. The wildflower pics that follow were taken on Sunday. That evening it began to rain. And rain. And rain. Monday, everything was pretty much saturated. But after the rain...

Anza Borrego State Park. Pictures do not give the sense of wonderment one feels when there. Butterflies, birds, rabbits (other tourists).

Anza Borrego Desert State Park. We were literally wading through wildflowers. Incredible.

Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Haven't identified this one yet.

Anza Borrego State Park. Sunflower with desert verbena in the background.

Anza Borrego State Desert Park. The rangers told us, that because of the rain, this was going to be the best year in a decade for flowers. We believed him.

Anza Borrego Desert State Park. We tried to escape the rain by visiting the desert. It didn't work, but we had one dry afternoon to get some photos.