San Diego - Point Loma

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That's the Cabrillo National Monument in the background.

In 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (João Rodrigues Cabrilho) of Portugal, was the first European to set foot on what is now the West Coast of the United States.

View of San Diego harbor from Point Loma.

San Diego Bay and Harbor.

Outside the Visitor's Center at Cabrillo National Monument.

Photo of Catherine and me at Point Loma.

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Historic Marker at Cabrillo National Monument.

The Old Point Loma Lighthouse is the background of this photo.

Catherine outside the Visitor's Center at Cabrillo National Monument.

We saw beautiful flowers all around San Diego.

Point Loma is a peninsula bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and by the San Diego Bay on the east.

View of the Pacific Ocean from the California coastline at Point Loma.

A Brown Pelican at Point Loma.

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Photos of Brown Pelicans at Point Loma.

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Monterey, California

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Catherine and I drove to Monterey for the day. It is about a two hour drive from the San Francisco bay area to Monterey.

View of the beach at Monterey.

At the Custom House Plaza, there was a car show of vintage cars.

My Grandmother owned a Ford Woody like the one shown above.

Custom House Plaza.

Bougainvillea, a plant with brightly colored leaves are common in California. You can see an example behind Catherine in this photo.

Monterey Harbor.

Statue of Santa Rosalia, patron saint of the Italian fisherman who came to Monterey at the beginning of the 20th century

If you look closely, you can see a seal sunning themselves on a rock in the above photo.

If you look at the lower part of the above rock you can see a Brown Pelican. The Brown Pelicans are common in Monterey bay.

It is difficult to see, but there are sea otters in the above photo.