Our First Retirement Road Trip To San Diego On July 4th

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I'll be taking time off today for a 4th of July retirement road trip to San Diego California, a popular beach city in Southern California.  This will be our first retirement road trip there.  We've been traveling mostly for family visits or quick trips, so this will be a trip that will be travel only.  I'll be taking some photos to share here because it's a very scenic area.

San Diego is a large city and absolutely beautiful.  It's filled with special events, cultural activities and recreation for all ages.  Our family has visited San Diego mostly for it's historic museums and zoo.  My parents took my siblings and I to the San Diego zoo when I was only eight or nine years old.  Our children and grandchild have great enthusiasm for the museums.  It's always a great experience for them!  And the cool ocean breezes adds much to the ambiance of each visit.

The museums offer a diverse variety of interests and it usually takes some time to visit each one.  We have made many trips to visit one museum at a time.  Our favorites are the Natural History Museum, the historical aircraft museum and the classic car museum.  We've seen them all more than once.

Although most of San Diego's privately-owned major attractions are well-known around the world, many diverse and exciting recreational opportunities are also available through programs at City parks and lakes.  One place of interest is the legendary Hotel del Coronado.  It's spectacular!  Located on 28 oceanfront acres on Coronado Island, it was built in 1888 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.  It's truly an American treasure! The Del's visionary founders, Elisha Babcock and H.L. Story, dreamed of building a seaside resort that would be "the talk of the Western world" and they truly succeeded.  The photo shown is Coronado at night.

I'll post more about our retirement road trip to San Diego in a couple of days with photos....

HAPPY 4TH!