Vacation continues

Thursday morning we had a nice buffet breakfast at the Laguna Cliffs and then checked out and headed for La Jolla. We drove out Encinitas Boulevard to look for a camera store. I needed to buy a blower to get some dust off of the camera sensor and was hoping to buy a new eye cup as I had lost mine somehow. We found a Ritz Camera that didn't have a blower for sale but the manager was nice enough to clean my sensor and even printed a picture to make sure it was okay. Next stop was the Pannikin in Encinitas. We were surprised to see that they had torn out the bushes, moved the outdoor tables and were making a concrete patio. It will probably be very nice when it's finished but we were a bit disappointed.We drove by Mom's house and found they have made more changes. Some kind of free standing doorway in the front yard. One thing hasn't changed - that mailbox that Ron and I put in about 35 years ago is still there.

We stopped by Moonlight Beach for a little while as we always do. That place sure has memories for us.

Checked the camera store in the Lumberyard and got lucky. They had a new eye cup for my camera.

Next stop was Meditation Gardens in Encinitas.

We decided to try Las Olas for fish tacos. We had never been there before even though we drove by a thousand times. They were good but not great.

After lunch we headed down to the Grande Colonial in La Jolla to check-in.

To our delight we had been upgraded to a full ocean view room.

We walked around La Jolla a bit

I was even able to get some sunset shots from the room.

After the sunset we went down to the Crab Catcher lounge to take advantage of the great food they offer at 1/2 price for happy hour. We had fish tacos, oyster shooters, clams and stuffed mushrooms.

Friday morning we grabbed breakfast at Cody's and headed for Balboa Park. It was interesting but we were disappointed in the gardens. From there we headed back down to Seaport Village for lunch at the Harbor House.

We then headed over to the USS Midway aircraft carrier and took the self guided tour. It was pretty interesting and we just hadn't allowed enough time.

We went back to our hotel for a bit and then headed for Coronado Island and a nice dinner at Peohe's.

Saturday was cloudy and windy so we ended up just kicking around La Jolla, Del Mar and Encinitas.

Sunday began sunny and warm so we headed over to Brockton Villa for breakfast outside before heading for the airport.