On Saturday we did tourist-y things around town. First we went to the Cabrillo National Monument. This is where the Spanish explorers led by Cabrillo landed first in what is now California. This point of land protects San Diego Bay and has great views of San Diego from very high up.
There's also supposed to be some good tide pools, but the tide was in too far to see anything. The low tides right now are early in the morning and then after dark in the evening, so we're not seeing too much in the way of low tides. Still the coast where the tidepools are is very beautiful.
After that, we went into downtown to do some shopping at Seaport Village. It's a cute little tourist mall--all outside right along the water downtown. We found some nice t-shirts and San Diego ornaments for our seasonal tree.
Late in the afternoon, we went to Ocean Beach which is in San Diego and about 10 minutes from where we are staying. We're amazed that everything is pretty crowded--it sometimes hard to find parking. We can't imagine how crazy it must be during the summer!
We did find street parking at Ocean Beach and walked from one end to the other (about 45 minutes). It was wide and sandy and would be good for swimming (if it wasn't 60 degrees; although there were some young 'uns swimming even in this weather). But it wasn't good for beach glass. I did find one big jagged piece of glass and put that in the garbage. Most of the beaches don't allow glass on the beach, so I was surprised at this. Here's the sun going down over the pier at Ocean Beach.
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