Please subscribe and share!
More often than not, Cabrillo National Monument is the first place that I take my out-of-town visitors. The expansive views of both the Pacific Ocean and the city are a great way to orient someone to the city. Cabrillo National Monument is part of the National Park Service and is San Diego County’s only national park. The history presented spans nearly 500
Read more
Sometimes you don’t have to travel very far to escape to another time and place. This afternoon I needed to get out of the house and, in less than thirty minutes, I was back in the 1800’s in Old Town San Diego. It’s where the earliest settlers sank their roots and formed what would eventually become the city of San
Read more
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered San Diego bay in 1542 and Sebastián Vizcaíno returned to map the area in 1602, but it wasn’t until 1769 that the Spanish established a settlement here in San Diego by establishing the first of 21 Spanish missions in Alta California. I guess they didn’t want to rush into things. The mission is in Mission Valley
Read more