Spence-O and I have left San Diego.  Took us about 3 hours to get 60 miles (courtesy of some nice Friday rush hour traffic.  Today we went to two beaches (Imperial Beach, and coronado Beach) but we were only there for a few minutes each.  It was too cold out to actually do anything (temperature was probably around the 60s, but you have to factor in the ocean breeze).

After the Beaches we went to the World Famous San Diego Zoo.  It was pretty neat.  I was a little disappointed.  That was mostly because of the animal cages though.  They aren’t really camera friendly.  If it was a glass cage there would be smudges or glare, and if it was a wire cage then the camera would focus mainly on the wires, not the animals.  I hate that.

Over the course of the trip we’ve taken 1072 pictures.  Also on the trip I’ve learned that I don’t really like my camera at all.  I really need a digital SLR or at least something closer to that style.  I really enjoy technical photography… manually focusing the camera, messing with exposure times and f-stops, etc.

This summer I will probably buy a new laptop (Apple Macbook Pro) and a new digital camera.  Call them graduation presents to myself since my parents are most likely not going to get me anything.  Anyways… back to the epicness…

Traffic in SoCal is dreadful.  It alone is enough of a reason not to live out here.  San Francisco was the best California city that we went to.  Had the most to do… was very cultural.  If someone lived there though they’d have to be in great shape (LOTS of hills).  Mythbusters is also filmed there… I didn’t find that out til we were in LA, and it wasn’t really remotely close to anywhere we went in the city, but I wish we had stopped by there.

Back to the road…

P.S. We passed a sign getting on US 40 that said Wilmington, NC was 2567 miles away.

On the road again…