The next morning we awoke and headed straight to the San Diego Zoo. It’s nice because military members get in free so the price wasn’t that bad. The zoo is huge; it has multiple levels and there are tons of different trails that split off from each other. It would be impossible to see everything in one day, but we tried our best. The highlights were the meerkats, the gorillas, and monkeys. If I ever get stationed here and live close to San Diego I’ll definitely be spending a lot of weekends there. It’s pretty relaxing and the crowds weren’t outrageous either. After a long day at the zoo we went back to the hotel and changed for dinner. We then drove to Coronado Island. The plan was to get there in enough time to find a spot on the beach to watch the sunset. We managed to make it there for the tail end of the sunset but it was still amazing. The beach wasn’t crowded and it was really peaceful. Also, the view from the bridge as you’re driving to the island is amazing. You can see all of San Diego, mountains in the background, the ocean, and tons of sailboats. I snapped as many pictures as I could. I told myself that I’d never want to settle down outside of the South, but I’m beginning to warm up to the idea of California. After watching the tail end of the sunset we walked to the downtown area of Coronado.
It reminded me a lot of downtown Athens of North Shore Chattanooga because there were lots of little local shops and restaurants. After eating an amazing dinner we took a little time to walk around the area and take in the scenery. We kept walking around until we found a place that we wanted to each desert at. We found a little diner that served ice cream and milkshakes that we settled on even though it was pretty chilly outside. We made our way back to the hotel after dinner with the intention of changing and going out to some of the bars in downtown. We had a little fiasco with the rental car of which I’m not allowed to speak about and so we ended up staying it and taking it easy.
The next morning we got up and I was really excited because Sunday contains the best invention ever…Sunday Brunch. We drove to Ocean Beach which is a cool little community right on the beach. There are ton of little shops and hippie stores in the little community that we walked around in. The highlight was definitely eating brunch at the restaurant on the pier. It is supposedly the longest walking pier in the US and has a restaurant right in the middle which serves some amazing breakfast items. We spent some time going to a few other parks and beaches and just soaking up the California culture and sun. We headed back to Camp Pendleton and had a pizza picnic on the courtyard of my squadbay before we said our goodbyes and I headed back to training.
My girlfriend was awesome enough to make a photo album of some of the sites we visited during the weekend. Here are some of my favorite pictures. Check out the rest at this link.
So it’s been forever since I’ve been able to update my blog. Not that I have to give an excuse but the YMCA rec center the only place that has internet that I can get to on base has been shut down for the past several Sundays because they have been doing taxes for Marines and most of my Saturdays are spent in downtown San Diego with friends away from a computer. The weekend in San Diego with Amy was awesome. Friday night we went to a nice restaurant in downtown San Diego. It’s amazing how good real food is after a long week in the field. I can’t even imagine how good a hamburger would taste after a deployment. We made our way back to the hotel after dinner. The hotel was in a really good location in downtown San Diego and had a really good view of the area from the balcony. We went to bed pretty early after dinner because I was exhausted from the week of training and Amy was experiencing some jet lag from the flight. The next morning we awoke and headed straight to the San Diego Zoo. It’s nice because military members get in free so the price wasn’t that bad. The zoo is huge; it has multiple levels and there are tons of different trails that split off from each other. It would be impossible to see everything in one day, but we tried our best. The highlights were the meerkats, the gorillas, and monkeys. If I ever get stationed here and live close to San Diego I’ll definitely be spending a lot of weekends there. It’s pretty relaxing and the crowds weren’t outrageous either.
After a long day at the zoo we went back to the hotel and changed for dinner. We then drove to Coronado Island. The plan was to get there in enough time to find a spot on the beach to watch the sunset. We managed to make it there for the tail end of the sunset but it was still amazing. The beach wasn’t crowded and it was really peaceful. Also, the view from the bridge as you’re driving to the island is amazing. You can see all of San Diego, mountains in the background, the ocean, and tons of sailboats. I snapped as many pictures as I could. I told myself that I’d never want to settle down outside of the South, but I’m beginning to warm up to the idea of California. After watching the tail end of the sunset we walked to the downtown area of Coronado. It reminded me a lot of downtown Athens of North Shore Chattanooga because there were lots of little local shops and restaurants.
After eating an amazing dinner we took a little time to walk around the area and take in the scenery. We kept walking around until we found a place that we wanted to each desert at. We found a little diner that served ice cream and milkshakes that we settled on even though it was pretty chilly outside. We made our way back to the hotel after dinner with the intention of changing and going out to some of the bars in downtown. We had a little fiasco with the rental car of which I’m not allowed to speak about and so we ended up staying it and taking it easy.
The next morning we got up and I was really excited because Sunday contains the best invention ever…Sunday Brunch. We drove to Ocean Beach which is a cool little community right on the beach. There are ton of little shops and hippie stores in the little community that we walked around in. The highlight was definitely eating brunch at the restaurant on the pier. It is supposedly the longest walking pier in the US and has a restaurant right in the middle which serves some amazing breakfast items. We spent some time going to a few other parks and beaches and just soaking up the California culture and sun. We headed back to Camp Pendleton and had a pizza picnic on the courtyard of my squadbay before we said our goodbyes and I headed back to training. My girlfriend was awesome enough to make a photo album of some of the sites we visited during the weekend. Here are some of my favorite pictures. Check out the rest at this link. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2081135&id=56701995&l=4e1f6f2355
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2081135&id=56701995&l=4e1f6f2355
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