San Diego

  We took advantage of a 3 day weekend by heading south to San Diego.  On our way down we made a quick stop at the San Juan Capistrano Mission (well, we took pictures from the outside).  Next we stopped at the La Jolla Cove to see the wild seals.  Not only did we time our La Jolla visit just before a storm came in (it actually does rain along the coast sometimes) but we were able to see a baby seal pup who was born 10 minutes prior to our arrival.  They are not as furry or cute as you would think. For those of you with a soft stomach skip over the next few sentences. The Seagull in the picture was anxiously awaiting to make a meal out of the afterbirth.  Within a matter of a minutes there were dozens of birds on the beach devouring the afterbirth (we will email you that photo if interested).  From La Jolla we made our way to our hotel in San Diego.  After checking in we spent our first evening dining and walking around the Gaslamp Quarter district.

Sunday morning we made our way straight to the world famous San Diego Zoo.  It was completely worth all 6+ hours it took to make our way through the zoo. We will let the pictures tell the story of our visit to the zoo.  From the zoo we took a walk along the Bay through Seaport Village to The World's Greatest Generation walking tour next to the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier.  We had a fantastic ending to our day by eating dinner with Kayla and Evan (Jodi's college friends) at their home on Coronado Island.  

On our way out of San Diego we made stops at Old Town San Diego and Torrey Pines State Reserve.  We were hoping to do some hiking along the Torrey Pines beach, but dogs are not allowed on the reserve (this is the first outdoor area we have been to in Southern California where was Bogey discriminated against).  Jodi and Bogey sat in the car while I (Tim) took some pictures and walked around the clubhouse of the famous Torrey Pines Golf Course. From Torrey Pines we headed north along to coast to Carlsbad where we grabbed lunch before making the rest of the journey back home.  

Visit our Picasa page to see the photo album of the weekend's adventures.