Our November Trip - The first couple of days

We decided to take a trip a week before Thanksgiving this year and wanted to go somewhere not too cold.  So we decided to go to Southern California.  We arrived in Los Angelos and the first night we drove toward the ocean just to see what we could see and came across a district that was a buzz of street performers and shops and restaurants and theaters.  It was called the 3rd Street Promenade, so we parked and took a stroll up and down the street and enjoyed watching people and the atmosphere.  I wished I had taken more pictures, but I didn't. Oh well.

We ate at this mall that was at the southern end of the Promenade.  It was kind of nice, cause everything was lit up for the holidays.

THE COAST

The next day, which was Saturday we headed down the coast along the beaches toward San Diego.  You would think growing up in San Diego I would have been to all the beaches in Southern California, but I pretty much stayed in San Diego at the beaches there.  So we wanted to explore the coastline a bit. 

 We stopped at a few beaches on the way down and hit a couple of piers.  Of course it was pretty deserted, because this is just not the season to swim at the beach.  It was pretty though.

   

This was just a beautiful point that we could look out and see the whole coast of L.A. in the distance.

Then we came upon this Lighthouse and it just happened to be open for tours, so we went inside and got pictures.

A view looking south from the Lighthouse, Derek with the light and a look at all the stairs we had to climb.  They just went on and on.

We finally arrived in San Diego and checked into our Hotel in Del Mar and then proceeded to run down to San Diego State, where Jeph is attending this year.  We took him out to dinner to Bennigans, which has an Irish feel to it (of course).  We had a nice visit and made plans for the next couple of days.

The Next Day - Sunday

We headed to church at our old ward in Flethcher Hills - Grossmont Ward and it was good to see old friends.  Later that afternoon, my dear sister invited us for dinner and we had a nice visit with her.

The next week was filled with amusement parks and exploring, so more to come.