28/11: Dog Beaching...... again
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Since Zaph had a quiet day yesterday we decided that he could go to a dog beach today. Zaph, Barry, Ed, John and I loaded into the car and drove over the beautiful Coronado Bridge to Coronado. Coronado is on a spit of land that creates the west side of San Diego Bay. "The bridge is known for it's distinctive curve and spectacular all-encompassing view" --- the guide book was correct in its description. The dog beach is beside a Navy base and is smaller than the dog beach we went to the other day though Zaph and Barry still enjoyed it.
As usual, Zaph joined in the fun.
The face says it all ---- think he had a good time.
This succulent appears to grow wild. We saw it by the beach and along side roads. It looks like it is a relative of aloe but I really don't know. It has both pink and yellow delicate flowers. Whatever it is, it is very pretty.
As Zaph needed some drying time, Ed and I walked Zaph and Barry down the road to the Hotel del Coronado (known to the locals as "the Del") while John moved the car closer to the hotel. Barry was very concerned that dad was not with him and kept looking for John and was a very happy when we met up with John again. This stretch of road has some amazing homes on it, any of which I would be happy to live in but probably can't even afford the property taxes. This one really caught my eye with it's copper roof, curved balcony and glass door with the surf etched on it.
This house really stood out with it's red roofs --- bet the view is amazing from the turret.
The Hotel del Coronado was built in the early 1900's and received a major face lift in 2001. The hotel was originally built as a hunting and fishing resort but a change of ownership changed the hotels direction into a beach resort. The two most notable items in the hotels history are: this is where the Duke of Windsor first met Coronado socialite Wallis Simpson and was the setting for the film Some Like it Hot starring Marilyn Munroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. The hotel offers outdoor ice skating this time of the year ---- yup outdoors. Water was being removed from the ice to prepare for the afternoons skating. I know it's going to be December in a couple of days and I'm not mentally ready for Christmas but the hotel really is. A huge Christmas tree was the focal point of the lobby.
Three in the back seat. Zaph was sitting on my lap giving Barry more than half of the back seat. I could have pushed both dogs over but they were very cute and I'm a suck.
A view from the Coronado bridge.
As usual, Zaph joined in the fun.
The face says it all ---- think he had a good time.
This succulent appears to grow wild. We saw it by the beach and along side roads. It looks like it is a relative of aloe but I really don't know. It has both pink and yellow delicate flowers. Whatever it is, it is very pretty.
As Zaph needed some drying time, Ed and I walked Zaph and Barry down the road to the Hotel del Coronado (known to the locals as "the Del") while John moved the car closer to the hotel. Barry was very concerned that dad was not with him and kept looking for John and was a very happy when we met up with John again. This stretch of road has some amazing homes on it, any of which I would be happy to live in but probably can't even afford the property taxes. This one really caught my eye with it's copper roof, curved balcony and glass door with the surf etched on it.
This house really stood out with it's red roofs --- bet the view is amazing from the turret.
The Hotel del Coronado was built in the early 1900's and received a major face lift in 2001. The hotel was originally built as a hunting and fishing resort but a change of ownership changed the hotels direction into a beach resort. The two most notable items in the hotels history are: this is where the Duke of Windsor first met Coronado socialite Wallis Simpson and was the setting for the film Some Like it Hot starring Marilyn Munroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. The hotel offers outdoor ice skating this time of the year ---- yup outdoors. Water was being removed from the ice to prepare for the afternoons skating. I know it's going to be December in a couple of days and I'm not mentally ready for Christmas but the hotel really is. A huge Christmas tree was the focal point of the lobby.
Three in the back seat. Zaph was sitting on my lap giving Barry more than half of the back seat. I could have pushed both dogs over but they were very cute and I'm a suck.
A view from the Coronado bridge.