May 1, 2012

Our great California adventure.....

I'm born and raised in the Mid-west.  The only coasts you find there are along a lake and if there is sand it is "imported."  Somewhere inside me is a Californian....I love the beach, the ocean, the sound of the waves...I couldn't wait to take off my shoes and walk in the water. 


 Per the instructions of my sister-in-law, Jan, I am not allowed to post her picture on my blog, but Ron, her husband did not mention it...so here is Ron on a bike.  We spent a Saturday on bicycles riding up and down the coast.  I felt like I was a teenager...wind in my hair, riding...ah...fun!!
 Along the coast we stopped to eat our picnic lunch while we watched the water and guessed at the prices of homes in this neighborhood. 
Much to our surprise we were sitting right next to
 an 8 million-dollar home.. 
Yes, this is southern California!


 Good thing we weren't strong enough to push it off!
 At Balboa Park. 
 The lighthouse at Point Loma.
 The staircase coming down from the top of the lighthouse.  Kenneth took a great picture.
 I managed to have a tiny boat on the tip of my fingers!
 The San Diego Bay.



 Our home for the week...a condo in La Jolla.
 Living it up in Old Town San Diego...colorful to say the least.
 What happens when you are 6'4"?...some doorways are just too low.  Duck!!!

 Making friends with the "locals."

 Amazing plants....huge and unusual.
 One of our favorite temples...the San Diego Temple.


We hated to come home after such a great time of relaxing and sightseeing.

1 comment:

Tera said...

Looks like such a fun trip. I love the pic of you pushing the giant rock. So fun!