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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San Diego, California - Part II

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Fishing boats in San Diego harbor.

Part of the San Diego Fishing Fleet.

San Diego's Santa Fe Depot is currently an Amtrak train station and is also used as a stop for San Diego Trolley's Light Rail Vehicles.

Lots of flowers were blooming in San Diego while we were there.

Catherine at San Diego's Embarcadero.

View of downtown San Diego.

The Seaport Village shopping center is on the San Diego Embarcadero.

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Catherine at the Seaport Village shopping center.

The San Diego Embarcadero.

We had great meals in San Diego including very good seafood meals.

We had a nice seafood meal at "The Fish Market" restaurant on San Diego's Embarcadero.

This is a Statue named “Unconditional Surrender” and is based on a famous photo of a Sailor kissing a Nurse that was published in Life magazine at the end of WW II.

San Diego has long been a Navy town. This is a monument to United States Naval Admiral Sprague.


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