Overlooking Borrega Springs in the road into the desert.  The white	Blue Phacelia		Cactus
Desert Chicory	Desert Pincushion	Desert Primrose	Not sure what this is but I like it.
Desert Verbena	Butterfly on a Desert Sunfower	Fonts Point	Fonts Point
Fonts Point	Flower Field	Ocotilla Cactus flowers	Ocotilla Cactus

Monday

Really full day!  Started out at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.  It's on Point Loma and there is ocean on both sides of the site.  Beautiful and very peaceful - there are 96,000 internments there.  A cemetery was going on with a bagpiper.  From there we went to Carbrillo National Monument with wonderful vistas of San Diego, the naval base, and the ocean.  There is an old lighthouse there that we visited - it was replaced by a more modern version but is still open to visitors.  Then to La Jolla where seals haul out right on the beach in the heart of the city.  Lots of moms and pups!  Last stop was Torrey Pines airport, a popular launch site for paragliders and hang gliders.  The winds were perfect so we say lots of folks sailing over the cliffs.

Rosecrans	Rosecrans	Rosecrans	Rosecrans
Naval vessel leaving the base	Sailing ship from Cabrillo lookout	Naval air base and sub base (L)	Lighthouse at Cabrillo
Lighthouse at Cabrillo	Lighthouse staircase	Sharon	Third order Fresnel lens
The ladies room is where?? Behind the bush?!	Whale lookout	Cabrillo tidal pool area	Cabrillo tidal pool area
Cabrillo tidal pool area	Cactus flower	Love the whiskers on this mom.	Mom and nursing pup
More whiskers	Mom and pup	Mom and pup	Mom and pup
Giving mom a smooch	"Who do you think you're looking at"?	At Torrey Pines	Big paragliding day!
The cliffs that provide uplift

 

Tuesday

Had a nice "girl chat" morning and then went to meet Sharon's mother and have lunch.  From there went to the Birch Aquarium at Scripps where Sharon is a volunteer.  It's always amazing to me to see the tremendous diversity of the underwater life so foreign to we Midwesterners. While the aquarium is small, it has some amazing specimens and the exhibits are laid out reall well.  We spent quite a bit of time there and were treated to seeing the sea hare very active.