Very colorful kayaks out there to get a close look at the sea lions basking in the sun. Can you see the sea lions?

Sitting right next to us on the beach was this elderly couple. The gentleman was explaining the rules of corn hole to his wife as she watched her first game of corn hole. It was being played by their son and grandson about twenty yards away.

After some time, the gentleman got up and walked towards the corn hole boards to give it a try himself. He turned out to be pretty good.

Turning towards the elderly lady, I raised my voice and said “He is giving your grandson a run for his money”. She must be one of the most friendly persons I have ever come across. In response to my statement, she got up from her lounge chair, came over to our table and started talking.

Found out Sheila Kranz is from South Dakota. She invited us over anytime to spend time with them there. (I made a mental note mapping “anytime” to mean “summer” once she told me how cold it got around her in winter).

Asking her the root of her last name got us down the memory lane of her grandfather and his house in Germany. (She is part German and part Irish).

We must have chatted for about some thirty minutes when we realized that we needed to head back to our dorm reunion lunch!

I was peacefully tanning my head in Coronado Island beach when Sharmila took this picture and sent it to the girls. Nikita immediately responded “He’s giving Bella Hadid off duty”.

So, I have just one question – who is Bella Hadid? Another good looking guy prone to tanning his head against his wife’s better judgment, I suppose?

On a relatively cold morning in San Diego (Coronado Island) with some gin and tonic.

Hit the beach once before we head out to meet the college dorm mates…

We are off to San Diego. It is one of the most favorite cities for Sharmila. I think specifically, the La Jolla area.

There is a get together of some of my dorm mates from Engineering School in India that we are off to. I think Sharmila has met only about two or three of my friends from those days.

Should be a great meet. Plus we will get some time to check out some old spots from our trips there. I think the last one was in 2005)