At the end of April, my parents came to visit to check out my new digs and make sure that I'm staying out of trouble. We had a pretty wild couple of days, going to festivals, competitions, celebrations, and seminars.
Ocean Beach Monster Surf Competition
Our first stop was to the Ocean Beach Pier to watch the Monster Surf Competition. While we were there, I took advantage of the beautiful scenery to get a few couples shots of my parents.
Click here for pics of the Ocean Beach Monster Surf Competition and my parents on the PierChicano Park Festival
Next we took a trip to Chicano Park to enjoy the Hispanic Festival and munch on all the goodies they had there!
Click here for pics of the Chicano Park FestivalEarth Fest
Earth Fest is held every year in Balboa Park on Earth Day. It's a incredible celebration with parades, displays of environmental products, non-profit organizations, commercial earth-friendly vendors, and musicians of all types.
Click here for photos of Earth Fest 2008Mission de Alcala
Before heading home, we stopped by the Mission de Alcala located down the street from my new place. It was surprisingly large, and orate for a California mission.
Click here for photos of the Mission de AlcalaCarlsbad Flower Fields
On Monday, we spent a good portion of the day enjoying the Carlsbad Flower fields and their huge gardens of Ranaculus flowers. They were in full bloom in all sorts of colors. The flower fields created great opportunities for portrait shots.
Click here for photos of the Carlsbad Flower FieldsCarlsbad State Beach
Before heading home, we stopped by the South Carlsbad State Beach to watch the pelicans flying to and from the Ocean to feed.
Click here for photos of the pelicans at Carlsbad State BeachGrunion Run
In th evening, we enjoyed a Scripps Institute grunion run watching program. I was amazed at the number of grunion running the beach that day. Got some great shots of the mating ritual.
Click here for photos of the Grunion RunEmbarcadero and Downtown San Diego
While we were waiting for a cruise of the San Diego Bay, we took a walk down the Embarcadero to enjoy the tranquility of downtown. We also took a trip to the top of the Manchester Hyatt to enjoy great views of downtown.
Click here for photos of the Embarcadero and Downtown San DiegoSan Diego Bay Cruise
Then we took a cruise of the southern end of the San Diego Bay. It was quite educational... the guide named the ships and outlined the history of 32nd street Naval Station and NAB Coronado.
Click here for photos from our San Diego Bay cruiseBiking Coronado
We capped off the day with a 4-person bike ride along the Coronado coast. What a riot it was trying to peddle a 4-person bike with three people. =)
Click here for photos of us biking on Coronado
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