Cramming in All the Sights in San Diego CA…

We had a lot of places we were saving to see until Brooks and Katie came to visit from North Carolina. We tried to cram in a lot of sights before they had to leave San Diego. Of course, that included another trip to see the seals in La Jolla and a stop at the nearby Torrey Pines Golf Course so Brooks could do a little Christmas shopping.

The Torrey Pines GC was all decked out in its finest Christmas garb. Large Christmas trees were decked out with the finest ornaments providing an inviting backdrop for some Christmas photos. On the way back we took a detour to show them the odd architecture found at the UCSD. The library is still one of my all time favorite buildings we have seen in our eight plus years of traveling.

We also checked out the Embarcadero on another short excursion and made the obligatory visit to the Farmer’s Market in Little Italy. While the farmers market is a lot smaller than I last remembered it still was about 8 or 9 blocks long. And no visit to San Diego would be complete without a visit to Coronado Island.

One of the grandest beaches in California is on Coronado Island. It is also home to the famous Coronado Hotel which is an architectural gem itself. There was some restoration work being done on the hotel but we still strolled through to check out the Christmas décor. Lastly we stopped at Coronado Brewing for some cold adult beverages…

The beach of course was grand and the weather was some of the best we have had this fall. There were only a few people out on the beach which we found quite surprising and as it turned out that was good as we were able to find several sand dollars in the low tidal zone of the surf.

We also made a trip over to Point Loma for panoramic city views before Brooks and Katie had to return to North Carolina but that will have to wait till the next blog…

NOTE: We are currently in San Diego CA until Dec. 28th before spending the rest of the winter in Arizona