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Then it time for a little reorganizing and repacking. Guess which room had a bad case of the \u2018messies\u2019?<\/p>\n The Dog Beach area is a huge do beach with every kind of canine running everywhere. They are welcomed every where including some restaurants.<\/p>\n Our motel even had a doggie shower!<\/p>\n A view from our balcony. During a morning walk, Dan talked to the guy in the middle of this photo who owned 13 dogs!<\/p>\n After all that activity it was time for a test ride downtown and a little lunch.<\/p>\n This was the PLACE TO BE evidently but with a line a block long we head to a local Mexican cantina.<\/p>\n Gina took the healthy road . . .<\/p>\n While the rest of us had more \u2018traditional\u2019 Mexican cuisine. What to have for dessert . . . at just the right moment Taylor came by with her parents selling Girl Scout cookies. I bought two boxes of Tagalongs. Taylor is the top salesgirl in her troop!!! These cookie will never make it to the city limits of San Diego.<\/p>\n Good thing we took that test ride because I discovered I needed a new handlebar stem. The bars kept slipping down, even when severely torqued. Similar to what happened to emJay last year when she crashed in France! A quick stop at Bernie\u2019s Bike shop and a new \u2018slightly used\u2019 Bontrager stem was procured, and installed, for $3.00!<\/p>\n Soon it was 3:00pm, 5:00pm CST, and time for a little happy hour on the veranda.<\/p>\n Dan had been out doing a little \u2018training\u2019 and soon joined some of the gang on the veranda for a little happy hour.<\/p>\n . . . and more \u2018training\u2019!<\/p>\n Soon we we’re all hungry and headed downtown for dinner. Everything was very busy so we settled om Monster’s for burgers.<\/p>\n . . . and another ‘training’ session!<\/p>\n Leslie did a great job taking care of us as we continued to ‘train’ as the rain that had predicted for the weekend started, coming down in sheets. After a 45 minute wait we were able to head to the liquor store, get some vino and head back to the room.<\/p>\n Tomorrow we start . . . and we’ll see what the ‘Big Ugly’ ends up being!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everyone slept great last night although it did get a little chilly. The air conditioner\/heater didn’t quite keep up and we might need a few more blankets. After a hearty breakfast at the motel\u00a0 . . . it was time for assemble, test, assemble, etc . . .etc. Then it time for a little reorganizing … Continue reading T-1 Day . . . and counting<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n