Happy New Year!

My first post of 2010, and I am posting from sunny San Diego! 
The weather forecast in El Paso did not improve, so we left there on Monday afternoon, in order to outrun the snow.  We drove for about 5 hours, and then had to find a hotel that accepts cats.  We settled on a Motel 6, right off the highway in Tucson, AZ, and the experience has convinced me that that's the last time I will stay in that caliber hotel.....just not worth it.  We grabbed a late dinner, then hit the road early the next morning and made it to the campground in San Diego by early afternoon.
There are a lot more people/kids at the campground now, since its after Christmas, and still vacation week.
Jess kept an eye on the weather forecast so we could make decisions on what day to go to the beach, the amusement park (California Adventure) etc.  Our first day here was supposed to be nice (scattered showers) but cool, so we headed to California Adventure for the day.  Once we were on the way, we heard "oops" from the back seat.  Apparently the forecast she looked at was for San Diego, and the actual forecast for Anaheim was rain all day.  We decided to keep going anyway, figuring the park would be less crowded, which it probably was, but it drizzled almost all day, and it never got out of the 50s.  we froze for most of the day, but hey, whatever.  We still had a good time, since, as many people know, we are not exactly known for bringing GOOD weather wherever we travel, so rain and cold in California doesn't surprise anyone, including us.  We liked California Screamin, the roller coaster, and Jess and I rode it 3 times.  The rest of the rides were good, but without little kids, this park wasn't really worth the price of admission for us. 
We were done by 6 pm and were so cold and wet we decided not to stay to see the electrical parade at 9 pm.  It would have been nice, but we've seen one before, and by then, we were seriously cold (Jess was wearing flip flops!).
The last few days have been spent hanging out at the beach, and lounging around. Paul's brother Tom and his wife Sue(1){Sue is Sue1 because she is the first Sue Porter to join the Porter family.  I was the second Sue Porter, so I am known as Sue2} came down for New Years eve and went with us to the party that the campground had.  Live music and dancing until midnight, then fireworks on the bay. Tom actually did dance one dance even though he had a knee replaced a month ago. They stayed in a hotel, then joined us for breakfast in the morning.
Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be in the 70s, so we are thinking of taking the inflatable out into the bay.