We've seen a lot of the sights around town and it's been a great week. Lots of sunshine, but just a bit cooler than the weather we were getting in the desert. Our days here have been topping out at about 70 degrees.
On Tuesday we took a drive into the foothills where our next camp will be. We wanted to be sure we could get the camper up the mountain and into the camp we have reserved. Then Wednesday we explored the coast north of downtown.
Point Loma is the north side of San Diego bay. This is where the first Europeans set foot into what is now the United States. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was a Spanish explorer who led three ships north from Mexico to explore the North coast. He came ashore here and proclaimed the land under the ownership of the King of Spain. (Pretty gutsy since there were already thousands of native people living in the bay area!). There is a National Monument here at the point with spectacular views of San Diego and the entire bay area. You can see Tijuana, Mexico in the hills to the south.
On the north end of the point is a lighthouse and to the west is the great Pacific Ocean. We explored the top of the point, then drove down to the coast and scrambled around on the cliffs to the water.
Later we drove to La Jolla a resort area on the coast a little further north. There we saw lots of sea lions on the shore barking and waddling around on the rocks. It was like being at the zoo, but Oh, that smell!!
Today we pack up camp and move on. Hope all is well with everyone.
The lighthouse at Point Loma was put into service in 1855.
On the coast of Point Loma
A view down to San Diego Bay
Another view with the Cabrillo Monument at the National Park
They sculpted the statue, but they had no records of what Cabrillo looked like.
The military presence is everywhere here with military being the number one industry around the San Diego area.
The cliffs on the west side of Point Loma
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. There are over one hundred thousand graves along both sides of the road.
A look at La Jolla coastline.
Looking east
Sea gulls and sea lions everywhere.
This guy was a beach bully pushing all the other males around. We were eating lunch at the park and could hear the sea lions barking from a quarter mile away.
It was quite a sight seeing so many sea lions. The smell from the fish they had digested and expelled was overpowering.
There were at least a hundred of them laying around on the beach and rocks.
Another chapter in our winter journey. Peace to all.
No comments:
Post a Comment