San Diego for AVID Summer Institute

This coming year I will be teaching an AVID elective class.....so I got to go to San Diego these past 4 days to attend a conference about it.  It was held at the Town & Country near Fashion Valley, and most of the 3300 participants stayed there at the hotel, but I was a late add-on so they were booked by the time I tried to make reservations, as were all the neighboring hotels.  So I ended up booking a hotel in Old Town San Diego, which was fine by me because I like that area of SD. 



The Mormon Battalion in Old Town SD




Baby Del on Coronado



The Mormon Battalion has been completely remodeled and is done very authentically



Ocean Beach



Kyle hung out at the hotel during the day when I had class, but afterward we would explore Old Town, or Coronado Island



Megan Hall and Loretta Durkin from Michigan were in SD for a family luau, and I was able to meet up with them one night and have a fun Girls Night Out in Old Town



I took the trolley from Old Town to Fashion Valley everyday for the conference.  I was really impressed with the people of SD: 1. a girl in her 20's gave up her seat for an elderly man when he got on the trolley.  2. at the next stop a thuggish looking man gave up his seat when a lady got on the trolley. 3.  when a gentleman got off at a stop he picked up all of the trash from the seats and put them in the trash can.  Way to go people of San Diego!!!  You impressed me with your kindness.

I wish there was some form of trolley/subway/metro from my house to my place of work, I would totally take advantage of it.