San Diego Trip – Day 1

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Daddy was on leave for a few days and we decided to visit San Diego at the very last minute. Daddy had wanted to bring ?? to Grand Canyon but Mummy thought we had just been there so maybe should go to some place further this time.

It was quite a long drive to San Diego…it took us slightly more than 5 hours to get there. It was ?? first road trip with us since she came. She was fascinated by how the vegetation changes so many times along the way. It was also the first time we drove our minivan for a road trip too. It was sure spacious enough for the 4 of us, with plenty of room to put our lugguages as well.

For the front part of the trip, Mal was happy just sitting in his car seat with ?? beside him and he dozed off for almost 2 hours. We stopped by at a petrol kiosk to visit the restroom and for the 2nd part of the drive, he was awake most of the time but he had been good and very soon we reached our destination.

The hotel that we stayed looked quite nice and cozy from the exterior but wasn’t that pleasant for the interior. It was a decent little suite for the 4 of us to sleep. After we checked in our hotel, unloaded our lugguages…we were off again to our 1st scenic lookout. It was a very old lighthouse (Point Loma Light house) right on top of hill at the edge of a cliff. The view was breathtaking and beautiful. The light house was BEAUTIFUL! It was the 1st time Mummy came so close to a real lighthouse…Most of the lighthouses that Mummy saw were from calenders Mummy and Daddy love the place as it was quite a significant place to us. Many pictures were taken as Mummy hoped she could get lucky and get one shot as good as those you seen on calenders

From the hill, you could see downtown San Diego and some of the islands connected to San Diego, one of them was the North Island where the Naval Base is. And the best part was…we saw F18 landing on the Naval Base runway!!! They came in from the sea and from the cliff where we stood, it looked almost like the F18s were floating on water!!! It was chilly on top the hill and unfortunately it was a cloudy day or we could be able to catch the sunset just as what Daddy had planned. So instead of staying for the sunset, we procced for dinner.

We drove to downtown area and drove along the harbour. We spotted a stretch of restuarants along the jetty and immediately it caught our attention. So nice to dine with a view! We parked our car and decided to take a look. We went for the restaurant with the longest queue! It was a seafood restaurant with quite a bit of history (Anthony’s Fish Grotto) . Daddy decided to try their Taco as he said San Diego was famous for that. but we decided to try their fresh catch, even Mal tried their kids meal…with grilled fish, french fries and coleslaw…but obviously, we had to finish the coleslaw for him.

By the time we got back our hotel, we were deadbeat and went straight to sleep right after we bath! More sight seeing for the next few days…

Mal and ?? enjoying the view along the way… something new esp for ??

our trip begins…no more cactus…as we get closer to San Diego, we saw this sprouting on the barren land insteadclose up of the weird plant

another close up of the weird plant
the hotel we staying…looks like a nice and cozy place off for some sight seeing…
look at the boats sailing in the ocean below us
it was windy and brrrrr…..cold…a change from Arizona hot weather
Mal and ??view from the hillwalking to the light house at Point Lomaview from the lighthousecan you spot the F18 landing????, Mal, Daddy and the Light housetrying to be artisitc with this shot…cos there was this man standing in front of the lighthouse enjoying the scenery…thought he matches the light house well
Point Loma Light house…good enough for calender?? hehehwildflowers growing near the light housethe store room in the light house was preserved
this was the kitchen in the light house
this was the kids’ bedroom
this was their living room
and dinning area in the kitchen
front view of the light houseDaddy, Mal and ?? in front of the light house
Mummy, Mal and ?? in front of the light house
while we were reading the history of the light house inside the warm and cozy museaum…
?? was fighting back the cold while waiting for us outside
another picture of us before leaving this beautiful place
waiting for our seats in this crowded seafood restaurant along the harbour…
Mal and Daddy feeding each other
fries and salsa dip seem like a good combination!