Last full day in San Diego

I thought I had wrapped up my posts about the spring break trip my sister and I took to the west coast, but I forgot our final outing. We toodled over into downtown San Diego to take a stroll through the historic gaslamp district. We ended up north in Little Italy where we enjoyed a late breakfast. Then we ambled south through a different part of downtown, past the old train station, to end up at the Embarcadero on the waterfront. 

This gave us an excellent view of the bridge we traversed daily to our hotel on Coronado Island. We stood there for a bit to watch the Coronado ferry arrive. We also spied some navy vessels in the water. Then we hit the local tourist shops for a few fun souvenir t-shirts.

 

That afternoon we drover over to check out Balboa Park. There were lots of museums and really pretty architecture in the park. The sweet little turtles lined up along a reflecting pool caught our eye. Balboa Park is 1200 acres, so we were happy to hop on their incredibly handy (and free) tram service that allowed us a nice overview.

We stumbled upon a little bit of Texas history in San Diego. They have an antique carousel there at the Embarcadero's seaport village. When we were checking out the sign that gave its history, we realized it was originally placed at Dallas' Fairpark back in 1895. We didn't go for a ride on the ponies, but we did take a look to appreciate the lovely artistry from this bygone era.