Momma Bastian Visits

Mom in front of the old Point Loma Lighthouse and awaiting our harbor cruise.

My mom was out for a week, and I don't have any pictures of the two of us together! There are a few on her camera, but we weren't able to download them while she was here. At least I have photographic proof that she was in San Diego.

The rest of the photos are pretty similar to ones from previous postings, as I took her to Point Loma and the Tijuana Estuary Reserve. Although Mom usually likes to take a two or three day trip when she visits, we kept it local this time. Even though she wasn't feeling so well for the first few days, we were able to fit in quite a bit while keeping a leisurely pace.

Momma Bastian's Itinerary

*Tried some new restaurants--Ritual Tavern in North Park for gourmet pub food including gluten-free beer and gluten-free shepherds pie (which unfortunately did not get along with my digestive system) and Casa Quadalajara in Old Town for surprisingly good tourist-focused Mexican food. Luckily Matt survived the Camarones Diablo.

*Took the ferry to Coronado to purchase some pricey produce at a weekly farmers market.

*Explored some shopping areas in North Park and South Park

*Spent an afternoon at the San Diego Zoo

*Attended a presentation of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park.

*Cruised the southern portion of San Diego Bay on a tourist boat where we learned the scale of the Navy's presence in SD and the shipbuilding industry. Now Matt and I know where all the black grime on our window ledges comes from (well living two miles from the airport probably doesn't help either).

*Scoped out the Oracle BMW America's Cup Trimaran.

*Got manicures and pedicures--what mother/daughter trip would be complete without a little pampering!


Great Egrets, Crested Caracara (unusual/rare sighting) and a perching Black Phoebe at Tijuana Estuary.


The threatened Western Snowy Plover and the ever present (on this day) Navy bird at Tijuana Estuary.


Oracle BMW trimaran at dock and about to pass a Navy ship on its return to the SD Bay.


There was lots of Navy flight activity during the week Mom was here including cargo planes and jets.


Snowy Egret in the Cabrillo/ Point Loma tidepools-which were at low, low tide as it was a full moon the night before.


Black Turnstone at P.L. tidepools, and a Heermann's Gull accompanying me on the harbor cruise.


Ship building and Navy boat yards in SD Bay, and a sunset shot of the Coronado Bridge.