The posts are being sent shortly after I write them, so I’m not going to put the date I wrote them at the top of the post anymore. There are pics this time.

 

We spent the second part of our stay in Sandiego together, which made it even more fun. We focused on our natural surroundings. Danita’s conference ended at 12:30 Wednesday. That gave us time to visit Torrey Pines and take a short hike. It’s a beautiful area. After that we just had time to drive over to Sunset Cliffs park and watch the sunset. The sunset was nice, but we enjoyed Torrey Pines more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday we decided to start at Loma Lighthouse and see where things went from there. We surprised ourselves and spent the whole day at the lighthouse. It overlooks San Diego, giving the best views of the city. And it is a beautiful area in its own. We hiked around in the morning, then went off to get lunch. After lunch it just happened to be low tide, so we went back to visit the tidal pools. As a bonus, we got to see a partial solar eclipse. The photo doesn’t show the eclipse, but one of the rangers had special glasses, and we were able to see it quite clearly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While we were at the Torrey Pines, Danita asked a docent what we should visit while we were in town. He suggested the Mission Trails Reserve, where we went Friday. This was a great suggestion, and we would have missed it if Danita hadn’t asked. The hike we chose was more than we expected. It was a tough hike for Danita. But we made it and enjoyed the water when we got back all the more. On the way back to our hotel, we stopped at the San Diego Misssion, which is a beautiful and peaceful place. The effects of the drought in this area were quite obvious. We stood at an information board discussing the sounds of running water while looking at the completely dry San Diego River.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We never had a bad meal. But Friday evening we had a very nice meal “on the water” just a short walk from our hotel. It was the perfect end to a great vacation. The weather foreacast in this area is calling for cooler temperatures and even perhaps a little rain tomorrow. It’s time to go home.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.