San Diego is our favorite city in the US - hands down. I've been raving to Matt about the three short days I spent there years ago, but could never truly describe what it was I loved so much.
"The weather! Perfection!""It's clean! So so clean."
"The breeze off the bay!"
"The food! Oh the food."
"The people! So nice!"
I knew he would never understand until we took a trip there ourselves, so it made its way onto our BK List without much protest.
Matt surprised (surprised!) me on a random Tuesday in October with a mid-winter trip to "America's Finest City". (seriously, that's its nickname. and it's not a lie!)
We spent day one doing a lot of sightseeing and picture-taking. Photos of beautiful-panoramic-views-on-the-side-of-the-road taken by random-but-outrageously-nice cyclists are our favorite.
We headed to the top of Mount Soledad and had our breath taken away by the Lord's beautiful creation...
Oh wait... you wanted to see the view! :)
We drove up to Mount Cabrillo, which overlooks Coronado Island and the Navy base. The trip did not disappoint. There were thousands and thousands of graves for military men and women and their families... it was humbling and beautiful.
I felt so proud of our nation for giving this prime-time real estate to those who deserve it the most.
We also drove over to Coronado Island to spend late afternoon on the beach. So relaxing after a whirlwind of a day!
Day two took us north to Los Angeles, but we (of course) took the scenic route to see what we could see.
We figured "Ocean Way" in Laguna Beach was a good place to start.
And just beyond what I thought would be a nice little place to sit and see the ocean...
...ended up taking my breath away. A secret garden!
...with a path down to the rocky, rough Pacific
That scenic route was a success!
After we arrived in LA, we walked the canals in Venice Beach and hit up 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica for the Super Bowl with friends.
All that to say that Matt is officially convinced. San Diego (and socal as a whole) is where. it's. at.
Lauren
I love all of those pictures, it's so pretty there!!
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