First full day in San Diego it was off to the Carrillo National Monument in Point Loma. For the morning. While I had been here'd before, I hadn't realized that they had a live lecture in the museum where the lecturer was dressed in period armor and let you try out some of the equipment.
From there we walked to the statue honoring Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo, the Spanish explorer who first explored the California coast.
Next up was the lighthouse on Point Loma. Where the Lighthouse keeper had the nice living quarters within the lighthouse and his assistant basically lived in the barn next door. I am sure it wasn't quite that bad, but it looked like the keepers assistants building was a single room when we toured through it. Most fun in the lighthouse of course was the circular stairwell, which unfortunately didn't let you go all the way to the top, but ended at the living quarters on the 3rd floor.
Next we toured the rest of the point before heading down to the tide pools. Interesting point is that following the bombing of Pearl Harbor the military ended up building coastal defenses at Point Loma in case the Japanese decided to attack San Diego.
If you look closely at the right hand corner of the above picture you can make out the observers pillbox that was used to watch for approaching enemy ships.
Unfortunately for us when we reached the tide pools it was high tide so we were left pool less. So we at least went for a hike for a short look around.
After this off we went to meet Nikki to do a little shopping and then Dinner with her and Jake at Puesto, their favorite restaurant. The highlight of this was the stop in La Jolla for an acai bowl from the Juice Kaboose, one of the best Acai bowls I have ever had. What won me over was the fact that they had gluten free granola which was tasty.
Following dinner it was back to the hotel to pack up and get ready for the real start of our road trip as we drove to Tucson AZ.
Central Coast Senior 