Cabrillo National Monument

West of downtown San Diego, on the tip of a narrow peninsula jutting out into the Pacific, lies another amazing national park that most people have probably never heard of: Cabrillo National Monument. We discovered it as we were looking for a way to spend a day in San Diego, and after visiting the famous zoo we were in search……

The San Diego Zoo and a Birthday

October 17 (no comment about this post coming 2 months afterward…) was the anniversary of my birth (thanks Mom!) and I got to spend a beautiful Southern California day at the San Diego Zoo with my favorite people. Am I such a huge zoo lover that we planned our trip around going to the world famous San Diego Zoo on……

Camping in San Diego

Welcome back! My apologies for the recent blogging hiatus. I realize it wasn’t clear whether the blog would continue to recount the rest of our adventures even after we have returned home. I will continue writing it for myself even if no one continues to read. But I hope you will, because there’s still about a third of our trip……