When the Bountiful Temple closes for two weeks, we feel like that is a great time to take a vacation. Since we love Southern California so much, off we went.
Once Glen was finished with his Saturday morning (September 13) sealing assignment, we got all packed up and made our way south to Las Vegas.
We spent the night in Henderson. The Railroad Pass Casino was right next to our hotel, so we decided to go there for dinner.
Named for an 1890s railroad which was never built, Railroad Pass first became a destination after Professor Robert T. Hill discovered alunite in the area in 1908. A mining district was formed, but only small amounts of gold were found. The short-lived mining boom ended by 1910.
With the advent of the Great Depression, tent cities sprang up in the pass. The Railroad Pass school district was organized in 1932, with a one-room school just above this site until absorbed into the Henderson School District.
We ate at DeSimone's Steakhouse inside the casino. It was a very nice restaurant. Glen's pork chop presentation was impressive.A bar and casino was built, which opened in 1931. This casino, originally known as Railroad Pass Club, holds gaming license #4 issued by the State of Nevada, and is the oldest continually operating casino in the state.
On Sunday we attended a ward in Henderson before continuing south to our final destination.
For part of the drive, we tuned into Sarah's ward's sacrament meeting since she was one of the speakers. She did such a fine job. She had shared how many different talks she had written, but finally received the inspiration for the one she gave. Loved being able to hear her.
We stopped along the way to have dinner at Red Lobster. We hadn't eaten there in a long time.
Traffic was very slow and we finally reached our destination three hours later than planned.
It is always a relief when we show up to these places and Glen walks out with the paperwork and key. Yay!!
Time to get settled into our new abode for the week. For a minute we thought we were on a cruise when we saw the towel animal on our bed welcoming us.
Here's a look at the resort in the daylight.
Since the resort was right on the beach road, I had the brilliant idea to walk down that road to get to the restaurant we had picked out for breakfast. Glen warned me it was farther than I thought, but off we went...and finally we made it!!
Turns out our favorite restaurant on the trip was our breakfast spot the Daily News Cafe. It is right at the intersection of the Carlsbad sign.
Glen said he would get an uber to get us back to the resort, but with the renewed energy of our yummy breakfast, and him acting as my human shade, we made the 7.5-mile roundtrip walk, stopping along the way to snap a few photos.
That evening we were excited to go to our favorite restaurant Coyote Bar and Grill. We had been anticipating their mouth-watering, lip-smacking, finger-licking, delicious ribs for months.
Last time we were in Carlsbad, we ate there three times. This vacation we anticipated we could probably eat there four times.
Now imagine our DISMAY when we looked over the menu and could not find ribs anywhere on the menu!!!!! Our hearts were shattered, not to mention our taste buds!! How could this be??
The server told us they haven't had ribs on the menu for over a year. They were getting too expensive and the customers were complaining. WHAT??!!?? They were worth every penny we paid!!
I opted for a hamburger and Glen ordered steak.
At least we were able to sit at our favorite corner table so we had a good view of our fellow diners and the performers singing karaoke.
Glen was excited for our Tuesday morning walk as it had been one of his favorites when we had a little extra time on Monday mornings to vary our walks outside of the mission home neighborhood.
It still provides entertainment for us as each day we see different campers at the Carlsbad South Beach Campground.
The whole campground sits up on the cliff and it is a hike down to the beach, but we always see plenty of people willing to make the trek from the campground or the road to get down to the water.
The campground has been spruced up a bit with more tables around the camp store and this friendly statue lurking in the rocks.
We enjoyed our breakfasts each day after our morning walks. This day we tried out The Breakfast Mug for our after-morning-walk meal.
Our plan for the day was to drive to Newport Beach to attend the temple there. While driving past Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, we saw a helicopter airplane coming in for a landing. Interesting aircraft as it has the ability to hover.
We enjoyed our endowment session at the Newport Beach Temple.
We ate our early dinner at an interesting place in that area. We started by walking through Roger's Gardens. It was a large area with lots of plants, garden foods, and yard decorations for sale.
Their Farmhouse Restaurant was nestled among the trees and shaded by umbrellas.
This was turning out to be a hamburger-eating trip for me. Glen decided to order a hamburger as well.
Wednesday morning we drove and parked close to our favorite Daily News Restaurant. That way we went on a shorter beach walk than we had the first day we walked. We saw lots of morning surfers out in the ocean.
We ate our breakfasts under the umbrellas on the patio of the Daily News. So relaxing after our walks. Glen loved the thick sourdough bread toast and I loved the homemade jam that came with our toast and put it on the multi-grain bread I ordered. YUMMMMM!!!
Our excursion for the day was driving to San Diego and going to the Mormon Battalion. We went there every six weeks with missionaries and I absolutely love that place! We did the tour once again and chatted with the missionaries serving there.
We decided to continue on our nostalgic journey by eating our early dinner at Tom Ham's Lighthouse Restaurant. We would take our assistants there as we waited out the time between dropping off the departing missionaries and the new missionaries arriving.
It almost felt like we were on a cruise when we sat on the balcony overlooking the water. We got a table outside so we could relive that feeling.
Oh dear! Look what we are both having for dinner once again--a hamburger.
We had to keep reliving our transfer day by going to Ghirardelli's and getting some ice cream--same as we did with our assistants. YUMMY!!!
Unfortunately, the San Diego Temple is still closed. One day, hopefully by the next time we are there, it will be open and we can relive the memories we had there as well.
This was the only day it rained and it didn't ruin any of our plans as it rained on our way back to Carlsbad from San Diego. We were blessed with wonderful weather the whole time.
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