San Diego

I didn't blog during our holiday in San Diego, the first time I've not blogged during a holiday in 5 years! So to brighten up the dark days of January I thought I'd blog retrospectively about our time in Southern California. 

The flight out to San Diego was great. The thing I remember most vividly was flying over Dakota and Wyoming and then at sunset flying over the Grand Canyon. The desert rocks vermillion in the setting sun, were simply stunning. 

Our hotel was great, right on the marina, you can see the actual hotel in this picture below, we were in the tower nearest. Our corner room had views of the city and the waterfront up towards the airport and north Caronado (which is the US marines base.) 

The hotel faced the marina, there's a photo of some boats in the marina below. There is a path or embarcadero along the marina which was great to walk along in both directions. It was also just a 5 minute walk into the gas lamp quarter where the main restaurants and bars are found. 

The weather was spectacular while we were there, sunny and in the low to mid 20s (low 70s in old temperature) on most days. There were some truly spectacular sunrises and sunsets whilst we were there, but more about them later. 

On our first night we ate in the hotel sports bar and I had a BLT and a locally brewed beer which was lovely.