Road Trip: California March 10th, 11th, 12th

March 10^th We woke up without our car, it was at the shop cuz it was Sunday. We started to get to know the pedestrian way around the city. We got on the trolley to make our way to the Hillcrest farmers market.  Now that is the absolute best farmers market I have EVER been to. The people seemed very nice and knowledgeable and were okay with talking to us and answering our questions. One girl had the prettiest dreads I have ever seen. I was inspired to get dreads! Maybe one day. We ate purple carrots and so many different sprouts. Noah loved it too. We also tried some new fruits we had never tried before. We met some American guy who lived in Tijuana Mexico but worked in San Diego. He just travels back and forth. He said he liked it better in Mexico. I breastfed Elijah for the first time without a cover in public. It was liberating. Elijah was freaking out cuz I was trying to cover up and I was nervous but then some guy to me to not worry because it was illegal to say anything to a nursing mother about breastfeeding in public. I felt better. Noah fell down and scraped his knee. We walked into the nearest store and they helped us out. We met this guy with silver hair like military haircut at trader joes. We were looking for something to eat. We were standing in front of the salads and this guy was there. i asked him if he had something from there he really liked. he started talking to us and would not stop! i'm sure we got a whole health, history, life lesson that day. We asked him who he was and he told us he was not at liberty to tell us. He did recommend this salad called Balela and it is delicious!  

March 11^th We were still without a car. Enrique told us the issue something about a water pump. We hopped on the trolley and then the bus to head to the San Diego Zoo! Noah LOVES animals! Especially giraffes and hippos. He had a ball. We met this beautiful older couple that were celebrating their 50^th anniversary. They complimented us on what a beautiful family we were. And how it was wonderful that we had brought such a healthy lunch with us to the zoo. And they gave us advice about marriage. Early in their marriage they traveled too, they spent weeks on the road in a car with 3 kids. One thing I remember was we were talking about the tolls and the guy said the freeway was not free J they were very cute. I wrote down their address to send the pic we took with them but I lost the paper with the address L we bought groceries from trader joes but with all the bus hopping and trolley hopping we left it somewhere along the way. We got back the next day to the gas station to check on the car and there was our bag of groceries! The girl noticed we left it and took it home with her and brought it back the next day. People are nice.

March 12^th We got our car back! I think it was around maybe $200. No complaints here! We wanted our baby back bad! We drove down to San Ysidro and got the BEST fish and octopus tacos EVER at this little tiny hole in the wall restaurant called fishmart. Then we made our way to Katelyn’s house in Riverside! It was so nice seeing her after like 10 months or something like that. It was also nice being in a home and being all together just hanging out.