Fall Vacation - Day 6

Day 6 started off heading towards Coronado Island by way of Seaport Village. We didn't stop at either place but headed to Imperial Beach. We walked the beach and out to this pier where the fishing was fine. We got there just in time to see these guys reel in a Thresher shark. It was pretty neat until they started taking the hook out and it was messing up the sharks eye. Eww...I had to turn away. Poor poor sharky.

Mr. Thresher had a beautiful purple hue to him.

After the entertainment we headed back to Seaport Village and walked around a bit.

Then we drove out to Point Loma to see the light house. So neat out there. You are at the end of the world out there. You can see for miles and miles.

When they first built this lighthouse they thought this was the perfect spot. It is was up on a hill/cliff area at the "point". Unfortunately they discovered that it was actually too high because when clouds or fog came in the lighthouse would be covered.

Then they built this lighthouse lower down so that the clouds and fog would not interfere.

Then we walked over to the Tide Pools to see if we could see any critters. Not this time other than the critters that attach themselves to the rocks but no star fish or octopus today. But the view was spectacular!

We were hoping to see some dolphins but we did see a bunch of sea lions.

On Point Loma also stands Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. It was an awesome site. It was on both sides of the point/road. When we drove through the cemetery you could feel the reverence. To think that this is just a sliver of the men and women that died for our country. I salute you!

 We ended our day going back to Old Town for dinner. We enjoyed a delicious Mexican meal at Miguel's. We sat outside by a fire. Who could ask for more?