La Jolla, California
Traveling has always been a priority for our family of three. As someone from a small town who had barely left my home state before going to college, I wanted my daughter to grow up knowing through first-hand experience that the world is vastly bigger than her immediate day-to-day surroundings.
Beginning when she was four years old, we started planning summer adventures in the U.S. and abroad. Our travels have included Hawaii, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Jamaica.
Since 2020, the pandemic has forced us to take a hiatus from our annual summer trips. As we look forward to possibly traveling again this summer, this post reflects on our last family trip in July 2019.
San Diego, California was our destination. We unknowingly booked the trip for dates that coincided with the last few days of ComicCon. We were thrilled, upon our arrival, to get a flavor of the hoopla surrounding this international event. During our stay, we visited the famous San Diego Zoo, took a day trip to La Jolla, and went to a Padres game, our first-ever Major League Baseball game.
Besides glimpses of ComicCon and experiencing one of the best zoos in the world, I will never forget the incredible sunsets we saw. This trip was my first time visiting the West Coast of the U.S. – and I’d always heard about the epic sunsets there. The nightly sunset views from Coronado Island where we stayed, and from Pacific Beach, where we went to see the sun set over the famous cliffs, were some of the best I’ll probably ever see in my lifetime.
To see more views of San Diego, check out the San Diego gallery on my photography web site.
