San Diego

Feb 4-7, 2011
AC787 YYZ-LAX, AC770 LAX-YYZ

The weather in San Diego is great any time of year and with cheap flights to LAX it was a good excuse for a February long weekend.  With the evening arrivals we stayed near the airport and started our trip south on Saturday morning.  Traffic was surprisingly easy by LA standards and although we stopped along the way we made it to the resort on Mission Bay by midday.  We spent the afternoon enjoying the sun and walking around the beach boardwalk.  On Sunday, as we seem to do every time we go to San Diego, we headed back to Cabrillo National Monument and hiked down to the shore and explored the tidal pool area.  We then headed to La Jolla to catch the seals at sunset and have a nice seafood dinner, while everyone else in town watched the Super Bowl.  We stayed at Torrey Pines in La Jolla onSunday night and had a lazy Monday morning and drive back to LAX.  On our way out we took advantage of the hospitality of the Air New Zealand lounge and sampled some great wine and food, looking forward to our April trip.

Feb 4-5
Evening flight to LA and morning drive to San Diego

Mission Beach

Enjoying the sun and warmth along Mission Beach boardwalk

Sailboats on the bay

Sunset on Mission Beach from our balcony

The red sky at the end of the day (with a little post editing)

Feb 6
Day in San Diego and La Jolla

Naval training flights over San Diego Harbor

Tidal pools at Cabrillo National Monument

Enjoying the hiking in the National Monument

Pelican

Some of the many birds in the reserve area

One of the birthing harbor seals in La Jolla beach

Sunset was providing great lighting for the seals

Grabbed photo of collection of birds in the cliff before enjoying our seafood dinner

Feb 7
relaxing morning and then a drive back to LAX and home to Toronto