My day trip to San Diego. I didn't get to see as much as I want, of course one day isn't enough. It was cut short because I brother's BMW died and had to be towed back to Orange County. yep, that's right, towed for 80 miles. And "that's just the way I like it".
I went out to Point Loma, via Cabrillo rd. At the end there's a statue dedicating the discovery of this port by a Portuguese explorer João Rodrigues Cabrillo in September 1542. He navigated to here from wooden vessels built in Guatemala. His flagship was San Salvador.
Cabrillo National Monument
The Portuguese government commissioned this statue made of sandstone in 1939 in honor of the first landing on the west coast. Scultor: Alvaro de Bree. The statue stands 14 feet and weights 14000 pounds. It was shipped from San Francisco to Sand Diego in 1940, but was not erected here until 1949.
The landing of Cabrillo's 3 ships at this bay was the first European contact on the west coast of the United States. There's actually a Cabrillo Annual festival Open house that reenact the landing.
Below is Joao Rodriques Cabrillo; although a Portuguese navigator, he was commissioned by Spain at that time for exploration.
Also at this point is a lighthouse; Old Point Loma Lighthouse; highest point at this place and an icon since 1855. Due to fog obscuring the light, a lower lighthouse was built in March 1891 to guide ships. The Old Point is now a museum.
San Salvador; Flagship of Joao R. Cabrillo
Cabrillo's ships, 3 of them. A replica of the main one is pictured here, on the entrance to the visitor center.
San Diego Bay; San Diego skyline from Loma Point.
San Diego and the surrounding area is pictured here. The peninsula pictured below is the Naval base;
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