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A city this generous doesn’t just welcome you—it hands you a map and dares you to follow your curiosity. We land in San Diego on a points ticket, grab a budget Turo with unlimited miles, and set off to turn the weekend into a living treasure hunt built around a geocaching block party called “Signal’s Island.” From push-scootering through Balboa Park’s Spanish Revival plazas and the new Comic-Con Museum to logging Adventure Labs woven into art, gardens, and a towering zoo statue, the day unfolds with pace and purpose.
The coast ups the stakes. In La Jolla, a sunrise sea-kayak tour becomes a geology lesson as we bounce through surf, trace a fault line between limestone and harder rock, and make the call to skip churning cave mouths—then pivot to Sunny Jim Sea Cave via a hidden staircase inside a rock shop. That same spirit of play leads to a rare webcam cache on a tide-lashed pier and to a plate of ocean-fresh fish tacos at Duke’s, where the view is pure Pacific. Community fuels the journey: we swap stories at a beach bonfire welcome, run into TV producer Dave Barsky, and hear that Mike Rowe listened to our Dirty Jobs episode and loved it.
San Diego’s Navy roots open a pop-culture loop. We eat barbecue at the Kansas City Barbecue—the Top Gun bar where Goose pounded “Great Balls of Fire”—and later chase a virtual cache at the restored Top Gun House in Oceanside, complete with a Kawasaki out front for that Maverick shot. The block party itself delivers real activities: gadget caches tied to Adventure Labs, a coconut cream pie contest, path tag left-right-center, and costume flair worthy of Gilligan’s Island. Add an omakase-level meal at Sushi Ota and a CITO cleanup on Imperial Beach, and the weekend turns into a model for city adventures that blend exploration, service, and story.
Ready to build your own San Diego treasure map—packed with geocaches, sea caves, pop-culture stops, and unforgettable bites? Subscribe, share this episode with your travel crew, and leave a quick review to help more curious listeners find the show.

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Chapters

1. Welcome and San Diego Tease (00:00:00)

2. Delays: Back Spasms and Busy Schedules (00:01:52)

3. Upgrades: Campground Comforts and Alabama Event (00:04:28)

4. Flight Wins and Delta Backseat Perks (00:07:33)

5. Turo Pickup and First Stops (00:11:10)

6. Balboa Park by Scooter (00:12:19)

7. Museums, Comic-Con, and Geocaching Labs (00:16:40)

8. Liberty Station and Local Eats (00:20:57)

9. La Jolla Sea Kayaking Plan (00:22:41)

10. Surf, Fault Lines, and EarthCaches (00:25:35)

11. Sunny Jim Sea Cave Detour (00:28:55)

12. Rare Webcam on the Pier (00:31:24)

13. Beachside Tacos and Bonfire Welcome (00:34:14)

14. Barski Reunion and Celebrity Listener (00:36:55)

15. Top Gun Locations and Barbecue (00:39:15)

16. Block Party: Signal’s Island (00:43:12)

17. Games, Gadget Caches, and Costumes (00:47:20)

18. Sushi Masterclass with Barski (00:51:14)

19. CITO at Imperial Beach (00:54:00)

20. Challenge Caches and Surf Watching (00:56:45)

21. The Top Gun House Virtual (00:58:25)

22. Roadside Attraction Tangent and Wrap-Up (01:01:50)

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