The Wonders of California - San Diego

Today we finally reached the border to California, the state that many of us have been looking forward to since we left Omaha on that fateful day. From the start we weren't disappointed. Right before we crossed the border, hills of sand started to emerge from the ground. To our right were rolling hills of the whitest sand I have ever seen; to our left, several rows of barbed wire fence marking the Mex-US border.


Once we passed into California we started to ascend into the mountains. About 45 minutes after we passed the California border, we saw the strangest, coolest mountains I have ever seen.



I mean, does that not look like someone just dumped huge piles of stones into big piles? It is like very zoomed in sand mountains....just insane. Evidently (from the mouth of a man who lives in the mountains near San Francisco...which I suppose makes him an expert in the subject) the mountains were formed from years and years of lava erosion.

We arrived in San Diego fairly late and had to head straight to the venue. It was a Monday, so we weren't expecting too much in the way of attendance, but it turned out to be the best night of the week at this bar because of a weekly live art showcase they do. When we arrived, there were about 5 independent artists doing everything from characatures to body painting to fork bending jewelry. We set up and started to play and got the bars attention enough to have them come over to our side and jam out. When we were done we packed up our stuff and walked around the venue taking in all of the art.
At bar close we made our way down the street to our couch surfers, Jason's, house, went inside, talked until 6am about San Francisco and music, and then crashed for the night. Really unfortunate we didn't get to spend more time exploring San Diego, since I have heard nothing but great things about it, but oh well...off to Los Angeles!!

-Aaron E.