The Point Loma/Cabrillo National Monument trip ended up being Easter Sunday April 4th 2010. Unfortunately, ALMOST EVERYTHING IS CLOSED ON EASTER SUNDAY! So that's why parking was awesome!We ended up at a little place called 'The Living Room', kinda health-conscious but good food. On Rosecrans.
Next stop, Cabrillo Nat'l Monument where Bub got to use his Senior Pass. The National Monuments are open 365 days a year which makes them a good place to go on holidays where everything else is closed. Like Easter.Point Loma docks below. Same boats, same walkway, just NOBODY around.
This was an interesting type of thing-saw it on the way to Cabrillo, while we were on the Fort Rosecrans premises. One of these days I'll look it up.
The traffic really wasn't that bad going in, but I had to kind of juggle my money and my gloves and my throttle and clutch. Barry put his pass in his mouth. You pay at the Ranger station right there. 
I got a neat pic of Bub entering the area, below. 
Below, the visitor center and the view of the Cabrillo Monument from the lighthouse.
I got a neat pic of Bub entering the area, below. 
Below, the visitor center and the view of the Cabrillo Monument from the lighthouse.
Below right is the ONLY picture of me...as usual.
Fort Rosecrans Military Exhibit. Here's the link to find out all about the site.
This was a poster about 7 months after Pearl Harbor.
Fort Rosecrans Military Exhibit. Here's the link to find out all about the site.
This was a poster about 7 months after Pearl Harbor.
You can see these neat whale-watching view areas when you walk up to the lighthouse, below right.
Below, a back view of the lighthouse, and below right one of the most important structures in the area. (The women's restroom!!!)
The scenery from the lighthouse is really great.
Bub was checking out a whale sculpture, and the plate describing it and the artist. I though it was interesting that the plate's inscription was in braille also.
Below, a back view of the lighthouse, and below right one of the most important structures in the area. (The women's restroom!!!)
The scenery from the lighthouse is really great.
Below right, I thought the picture of the telescope pretty apropos being that it was very close to the sentry lookout that was kind of in the ground. If you look to the left of the telescope, you can see one of the artillery cannon encasements. It's kind of a round top, almost looks like a brown pie.
Bub was checking out a whale sculpture, and the plate describing it and the artist. I though it was interesting that the plate's inscription was in braille also.
The whale-watching area. An absolutely beautiful day.
The spiral staircase was taken at the top of the lighthouse, 3 flights up. The 'window' pic was taken from inside the lighthouse. The view outside the windows was wonderful-again, a great day.
A pic of the side of the lighthouse.
The 'oil room' below was a shed where the lens was cleaned and all the equipment maintained. You can see how big and clean the lens is. The videos show it.
To the right, a view of the lighthouse from the monument. I tried to get the lighthouse AND the American flag in the shots.
The spiral staircase was taken at the top of the lighthouse, 3 flights up. The 'window' pic was taken from inside the lighthouse. The view outside the windows was wonderful-again, a great day.
A pic of the side of the lighthouse.The 'oil room' below was a shed where the lens was cleaned and all the equipment maintained. You can see how big and clean the lens is. The videos show it.
To the right, a view of the lighthouse from the monument. I tried to get the lighthouse AND the American flag in the shots.
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