Wonderful Day at the Beach and Hotel Coronado

This the end of our beautiful day. We are watching the sunset from LaJolla Cove. The sea lions are below us on rocks going into the ocean. There are many birds on the cliffs also. The sunsets are magical as we watch the sun dip into the ocean. I tried to get these evening pictures at the bottom of this blog, but was so frustrating. So, you are seeing the end first.

I took about three minutes to record the sun going down. The sounds of the sealions in the background, and the waves crashing on the land. It is so neat being here.

We begin our day at the famous In and Out Burgers. We order double onions, tomatoes and lettuce. That is truly a mouthful to eat. But oh... it is so worth it. We think they are the best burgers around. The frenchfries are so good, and we always have to top it off with a diet cola. Yeah, good stuff.

Mike and I are getting our area ready to spend the afternoon. We brought his kite again to fly. We have Coronado Hotel in the background, rocks on one side and the most beautiful beach all around us. The afternoon is quite warm although we keep our jackets handy.

Natalie and Gavin have their spot ready also. We have loved spending time with them on Saturdays.

Great view of the ocean. Years ago we brought our family to this hotel. This was the place that they filmed Somewhere in Time. We walked through the hotel to see pictures of the famous people that had been there. Now we have been there too.

It is a bit windy, but want to get as many pictures as we can. We keep saying to each other how wonderful it is being here. It is going to be hard leaving such a beautiful place. " It is a great place to be with someone you love too." So many things to do. I did make a list though of things we wanted to do before we went back home. My list is complete. But it will still be hard to leave.

Gavin is a good sport to pose for so many pictures. If he only knew how many more we wanted to take of him. We are always saying take my picture, no, take mine.

We walked out to the tide pools to see the little creatures crawling around. Our children would do that and want to put their fingers in the tenacles to watch them move. We are not that inquisitive now though. Just fun trying to stay on the rocks and not fall. We have our towels on because it is a bit cool.

We took a couples picture, so they are taking ours together. The Hotel is in the background. I keep thinking of the people that settled this area. If they could see it now, and see the people that come to enjoy it.

Natalie must not have fallen asleep as we all did. You can see where she was laying and then decided to get our picture. So you can see how peaceful it is because we are sound, I mean sound asleep. We sure aren't going to be getting a suntan though.

After we left the beach, we needed to wash off our feet. So we took turns.

We are just casually walking and visiting. Is this the most beautiful beach?

A man had been there earlier in the day and built this huge sandcastle. Nixon, I think that your Mr. Gingerbread man was there helping him. He had made three of them. We took pictures of all three. Guess that is what you do in the summertime.

Really amazing that someone could build these. He dug a hole and scooped the sand out. He went down so far and reached the water, so he didn't have to get water from the ocean. He just filled his buckets. Looked like he just drizzled wet sand and let it harden. Now, we all can build one.

This is the front of the Hotel. Look at those cabbage plants behind us. Every place is ready for us to take a picture. We did get a lot of pictures.

Thanks Natalie for looking so I can get your picture. Mike and Gavin were busy commenting on the building and the history, and the famous people that have stayed there.

This is Mikes new backpack he ordered from Cabelas. It is versitle for a great day at the beach, Disneyland and Seaworld. It has room for our P-nut butter and jelly sandwiches and all the snacks we could eat. We usually carry three waters, and yes a few Rockstars. Shawn told Mike about a new energy drink that you can mix in water. So we have finished off a case of that already. We now have been using the small bottle with just a few ounces. But you saw that we still need a nap on the beach though. Don't know if this is "age" or what. We don't get up until 9:00. Maybe it is the late night hours we spend watching Netflick Documentaries.