Coronado getaway

Over Memorial Day Weekend, Jim and I decided to head to San Diego to get some fresh air. It has been windy and dusty here for weeks and I was just feeling that I couldn't breathe among other things. Every year in May we plan a little trip to celebrate our anniversary. This year was our lucky 13th Anniversary. Jim let me plan the trip and just went along for the ride ;-) We stayed at Hotel Del Coronado, which is right on the Coronado Beach. The hotel is old and supposedly haunted although we didn't see any ghosts. Jim did notice our bathroom light turning on and off by itself during the night. I'm glad he didn't tell me until after we left. We spent an amazing 2 days at the Coronado Hotel. I didn't realize how much I missed the ocean until I was standing in it. I was overwhelmed by the fresh air, the sound of the waves, the smell of the ocean and the feel of the sand as the waves washed back into the surf. I loved the town of Coronado. Each morning we would walk down to Starbucks for breakfast and also head back early afternoon for dinner. The town is clean and the people are friendly. We checked out of the hotel and went into San Diego and visited the USS Midway Museum. You can see those photos here:

USS Midway

They are really not very interesting unless you really like air craft carriers. After the museum we headed back to Coronado and checked into Lowes Coronado Bay Resort. It wasn't quite as exciting as the Coronado Hotel but they had boat rentals. Its much cheaper renting a boad then buying a boat so off we went and explored the bay. We also got some pool time and beach time on the Silver Strand beach. It was an amazing long weekend. I enjoyed it so much. It was really hard for me to come back to the desert. The New Mexico fire is causeing heavy smoke over Tucson and it has given us horrible air quality. Oh well. Maybe I'll have to get out of town again soon.

Built in 1988 - A beautiful luxary high class but creepy hotel. 

View from our balcony of the courtyard

Main pool in evening. This place is hopping during the day

Lobby of Hotel Coronado

View of hotel from the beach.

I went for a 2 mile run that started here. 

and ran the last mile here.  Amazing Coronado Beach! 

This reminded me of a comic book bank.

Walking around Coronado

Warm afternoon at hotel. Lots going on.

We toured the USS Midway Museum

Things I learned on the USS Midway

Jim and Donna

After two days at Hotel Del Coronado we moved to Lowes Coronado Bay Resort for 2 days

But I almost changed my mind after seeing this sign.

Hotel Coronado

Our room at Lowes

Jim at the beach

View of San Diego from our room

We rented a Boston Whaler motor boat and went for a cruise

Under the Coronado bridge

Jim

The map I was given to navagate with....???

My 2 seconds of driving the boat

Silver Strand Beach - not as pretty as Coronado Beach but still pretty fun.

A nice place that we liked to sit.

Another nice place I like to sit...I mean lay.

Jim and I

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2012-05-29 San Diego