My best friend julie flew down from salt lake and then we drove over to san diego a few weeks ago. We got there monday afternoon and stayed until friday morning. It was a Great week! and thanks to clint's generosity with a free hotel room- it was pretty cheap too!!
The first few pics here are at Sunset Cliffs on Ocean Beach. We ended up there by accident, but i think it was one of the coolest places we went while we were there. There was a bunch of tide pools we got to explore. Mostly a bunch of crabs- but we also found this big EEL!! Too bad we didn't have anything to poke it with...
Look close and you can see the eel! and i just Loved these Crabs!!
Tuesday morning we got up and drove out ot Point Loma and Cabrillo National Monument. We wandered around the old lighthouse, learned about the defense of the coast in world war two, hung out in the visitor's center, and wandered down to the tide pools. It was overcast and breezy and cool. It was AWESOME!! And julie made friends with this little lizard...
To get to the monument, you have to basically drive through part of the Naval Base. There's a national cemetary there and we stopped to look at that too. Very, very cool area!
That afternoon, we got a little lost, but we eventually found our way to Balboa Park. We kinda just wandered around- we ended up in this botanical "building" that was SO cool! Then we ended up in the Japanese Friendship Garden. Little pond with the fish, and Bonsai trees. Pretty cool.
This was the display of all these different kinds of Orchids. i've decided that they are my Favorite!! SO Pretty!
One of the only pics that jules and i took Together while we were there!!
Collection of Bonsai trees :)
Tuesday evening we went down to Old Town and wandered in some of the shops, spent $40 between us in the candy store, and had dinner at this Great pizza place :)
Just some of the fun things we found in the shops in Old Town :)
Wednesday we decided to go to the Zoo. I haven't been to a zoo in a long time! We took the bus tour when we got there- got a good view of most of the zoo. But some of the other cool stuff we saw- the reptilie house, the INSECT house full of bugs, there was an aviary with different kinds of hummingbirds- VERY cool, and we saw a bunch of really colorful lizards that we really liked. And of course the pandas were cool :)
After the zoo, we ended up driving back to point loma to check out the tide pools again, but it was still high tide. we asked around and ended up driving along the harbor (which we LOVED) and ended up at some aircraft carrier/museum that we wandered through. Also very cool! After dinner at the fish market- we headed back to the hotel!! (Our hotel was super nice and had indoor heated pool, outdoor heated pool, and hot tub. I think we ended up down there every afternoon/evening. The weather was Perfect!! )
This was an Acutal ship that was moving through the harbor! Jules and I were thought this was pretty cool!!
Giant memorial on the harbor by the museum- and then the aircraft carrier museum.
Thursday morning Jules and I went back to Balboa Park. We went to the Hall of Fame sports museum, and the Car museum. Both were pretty cool, but we didn't spend very long there. We were ready to get to the beach!! The weather was gorgeous and we spent a good few hours out there!!
Look close and you can see the eel! and i just Loved these Crabs!!
Tuesday morning we got up and drove out ot Point Loma and Cabrillo National Monument. We wandered around the old lighthouse, learned about the defense of the coast in world war two, hung out in the visitor's center, and wandered down to the tide pools. It was overcast and breezy and cool. It was AWESOME!! And julie made friends with this little lizard...
To get to the monument, you have to basically drive through part of the Naval Base. There's a national cemetary there and we stopped to look at that too. Very, very cool area!
That afternoon, we got a little lost, but we eventually found our way to Balboa Park. We kinda just wandered around- we ended up in this botanical "building" that was SO cool! Then we ended up in the Japanese Friendship Garden. Little pond with the fish, and Bonsai trees. Pretty cool.
This was the display of all these different kinds of Orchids. i've decided that they are my Favorite!! SO Pretty!
One of the only pics that jules and i took Together while we were there!!
Collection of Bonsai trees :)
Tuesday evening we went down to Old Town and wandered in some of the shops, spent $40 between us in the candy store, and had dinner at this Great pizza place :) Just some of the fun things we found in the shops in Old Town :)Wednesday we decided to go to the Zoo. I haven't been to a zoo in a long time! We took the bus tour when we got there- got a good view of most of the zoo. But some of the other cool stuff we saw- the reptilie house, the INSECT house full of bugs, there was an aviary with different kinds of hummingbirds- VERY cool, and we saw a bunch of really colorful lizards that we really liked. And of course the pandas were cool :)
After the zoo, we ended up driving back to point loma to check out the tide pools again, but it was still high tide. we asked around and ended up driving along the harbor (which we LOVED) and ended up at some aircraft carrier/museum that we wandered through. Also very cool! After dinner at the fish market- we headed back to the hotel!! (Our hotel was super nice and had indoor heated pool, outdoor heated pool, and hot tub. I think we ended up down there every afternoon/evening. The weather was Perfect!! )This was an Acutal ship that was moving through the harbor! Jules and I were thought this was pretty cool!!
Giant memorial on the harbor by the museum- and then the aircraft carrier museum.Thursday morning Jules and I went back to Balboa Park. We went to the Hall of Fame sports museum, and the Car museum. Both were pretty cool, but we didn't spend very long there. We were ready to get to the beach!! The weather was gorgeous and we spent a good few hours out there!!
After enough sun to get a nice burn, we got some food and went back to the hotel for a little more pool time :) we went to a late movie (The Proposal- Great movie!!) and then packed to leave the next day! We had a nice road trip Friday driving from San Diego to Salt Lake.
I'm disappointed in myself that i didn't take any pictures AFTER i left San Diego. I spent a week in Utah catching up with family, friends, mission companions, roommates, and even some dog-sitting. But mostly i spent my time hanging out with my sister and my niece Lola.
And to catch you all up on the rest of my life, i'm back in Arizona for a couple weeks, and i'm headed up to Utah again on Monday. I'm spending 2 weeks up there- including a family reunion and Marcy is coming up for a week, too! and THEN- I'M MOVING TO TEXAS!!! Yup- i'm finally getting things together, and after a year of "living in limbo" i'm finally gonna have a Plan!! And it feels Great!!
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