Greetings From San Diego!
My name is Samantha Griswold and I am currently a junior at Webb Institute. This winter, I will be working for M Ship Co, LLC. in San Diego, California for my winter work term.
I have been in San Diego for two weeks now and I am certain that I never want to leave. Despite that fact that this has been the coldest winter San Diego has seen in ages, I still feel like I am in a tropical paradise. My friend Andrew, who I met during my summer Sea term aboard the Horizon Reliance, asked me when I was going to get over the palm trees. My response: NEVER.
Having only been to San Diego for two weeks, I feel as though I have accomplished quite a bit. My first day here, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to take a boat ride to the end of Point Loma and watch some of my friends surf. I had brought my surfboard with me on the plane, but somehow the cold water and overhead swell seemed pretty daunting, especially after a 5 and a half hour flight. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to use my surfboard at some point.
During my first weekend, I took to opportunity to explore Ocean Beach and Point Loma. Fortunately my friend Andrew had a car and were were able to "cruise the cliffs" checking the swell and eat some delicious Califronia Burritos on the pier. The weekend was kind of a blur and I struggled to take in San Diego and all its grandeur. During that time, I also had the opportunity to go to Belmont Park, where my phone took a tumble from one of the oldest wooden rollercoasters on the West Coast. Needless to say, I had to take a trip to Mission Valley mall to get it replaced.
Having done all that, the highlight of my weekend was going to Hodads, a "bomb" burger place, as my SoCal friends would say. I have been twice in the two weeks I have been here...
My first two days of work came and went with a lot of manual labor, we are in the middle of remodelling the office. The next week was pretty interesting and I quickly got the feel for how things worked at the office and began working on my projects. My evenings were spent enjoying the hot tub and pool at the housing complex in which I live with John and Elli. Hanging in a hot tub, beneath a row of palm trees in the middle of January isn't too bad.
The next weekend I was here was spent between La Jolla and Sunset Cliffs. La Jolla was absolutely amazing; I have never seen so many seals in my life, or any seals for that matter. I spent the day watching seals sunbath and laughing at Pelicans silly mannerisms. I even found myself mimicking some of them...awkward.
I also ventured down to Sunset Cliffs, a place I have recently become very familiar with. It was awesome. Because the tide was so low, my friend Andrew and I were able to splash through tide pools, climb over cliffs, crawl into caves, and walk, very carefully, across slippery sea grass. I even saw a live starfish!
On Sunday, I spent most of the day in the pool with Andrew and John, and just before dinner, John and I said our goodbyes to Andrew as he headed back to Califonia Maritime Academy.
This week thus far has been pretty exciting as well. On Monday, John and I made delicious tacos (Special thanks to Andrew for teaching us how to cook amazing tortillas!). On Tuesday, all the Webb Interns went to the SNAME Southwest Section meeting and watched a presentation about Floating Platforms by a Webb graduate. It was really interesting!
That's it for now! Sorry for the incredibly long post!
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