San Diego 2

Sunday we went to hear Dr. David Jeremiah at Shadow Mountain Church and were blessed by his message and the singing of the full choir and orchestra.  

Then we headed to La Jolla Coast ("La Hoya") where we enjoyed 

the tall palm trees,

 watching the seals and sea lions,

 watching the waves crash (waiting for the next one to get us),

 the stunning views,

 running with the ocean,

 searching for sea life,

and going through a little cave. 

Then we headed to Balboa Park where we cooked some macaroni on the stove on the truck tailgate for lunch :).  At 2:00 at Spreckels Organ Pavilion there was an organ concert at one of the world's largest outdoor pipe organs.  This organ used to be the largest, but has seen been outsized by a European organ so the goal is to add some more pipes to this one again :).  The organist was a local doctor and we enjoyed the first part of the concert before Brynlie wasn't feeling good - maybe too much sun?

 We wandered more of this HUGE park on the way back to the truck, including this little arsty section with neat little stores and great cobblestones :)

 We watched a youth orchestra practicing, then took turns being a perch for some of these 'refugee' birds.

 A view of the organ pavilion from our parking lot.

 We headed back to our campground as Monday's plans involved a busy day at SeaWorld - coming in the next post.  Before bed we took a bike ride along the ocean and were blessed with a beautiful sunset!