The weather was pretty good most of the time; however, there were days that the fog and cloud cover hung over the beach for the day. We did manage to get some beach days in.
A few things we noticed during this visit:
- There are a lot more homeless people there now than we we last went.
- San Diego guys love to own the smallest dogs possible.
- Even though many of the characters we came to see in our last visit were not around, there were plenty more to take their places!
We visited the towns of Temecula, Coronado, La Jolla, Carlsbad, and Julian. We had a great time visiting all the farmers' markets. There was some incredible produce that you just cannot get here.
We took a trolley tour of San Diego and ended up going over the Coronado Bridge where we visited the famous Del Coronado Hotel. We got to see an "airshow" over Coronado Beach.
Crystal Pier outside our condo
Morning stroll out on Crystal Pier
Our condo from Crystal Pier
On Sundays you can surf early in the morning and still attend church services!
A view of Pacific Beach
Pacific Beach
A great day down at Pacific Beach
Chris loves vegging at the beach
Chris trying out some local olive oil
Give Chris an oyster, and he is a happy man!
Farmer's market in La Jolla
Deb finally decided on a bunch of flowers at the Market
They looked nice on the dining room table
San Diego even has a Little Italy area
Little Italy Farmers' Market
More flowers at the Market
So many pretty flowers to choose from
Radishes at the Market
Baby Beach Walkway in La Jolla
This guy was taking a little snooze at Baby Beach La Jolla
Baby Beach La Jolla
The seals have taken over Baby Beach La Jolla
Sunset at Pacific Beach
Amazing how fast the sun disappears
On our way to the Del Coronado Hotel in Coronado
Del Coronado Hotel
Grounds on Del Coronado
Del Coronado
We decided to have lunch at the Del Coronado to take advantage of their Restaurant Week specials.
We decided on the Soft Shell Crab BLT. It was huge, but pretty good!
This guy was waiting for people to leave scraps of their lunch on the tables!
Chris was so happy that there was an "air show" at Coronado Beach!
This guy was setting up for a seminar on Coronado Beach...what a great idea!
Deb enjoyed the Del!
High fivin' Dr. Seuss at the Del
We enjoyed watching the surfers each morning on Crystal Pier.
They make it look so easy!
Two Buck Chuck is really only 2 bucks in San Diego!
Car parked in the driveway of the rental home in Gatlinburg, situated on a mountain top in the Smokey Mountains.
After all that traveling on Saturday, Deb enjoyed the hot tub out on the screened-in porch!
We stopped at this great family run restaurant/diner on our way to visit Chris' mom.
We took the back roads out of the Smokey Mountain State Park to head back to Nashville to fly home.
Deb loves hiking!
Unfortunately, about two weeks after we left Tennessee, the house was struck by lightening and burnt to the ground. It is such a shame, as it was a beautiful property.
