Centennial Park with San Diego Skyline

I hope your not getting tired of the San Diego skyline, but here's a view I don't think I've shown you before.  Driving home to make dinner tonight, I noticed the setting sun reflected a warm golden glow on the downtown San Diego skyscrapers, and had to have a picture.

This photo was shot from the sidewalk at First Street and Orange Avenue.  You can see the layout of Centennial Park with the original Coronado Ferry Boat Ticket Booth on the right.

No wonder so many people choose to be married here at the water's edge. 

The Old Coronado Ferry Ticket Booth

Here's the original ferry boat ticket booth, glowing in this morning's light.  Located at Centennial Park on First and Orange Avenue, this was the site of the Coronado Ferry Landing from 1886 until 1969 when the Coronado Bridge was built.

A bit of trivia:  In the book In Love and War, by Jim and Sybil Stockdale, there is a description of Sybil waiting right here for an early morning ferry in the 1960's, when her husband Jim was a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Photographing The Photographers

My husband and I had a rare afternoon to ourselves, so we ate a delicious lunch at Sapori, then took a stroll hand-in-hand around Centennial Park.

There were photography sessions in the works all over the park, and I knew I had to share them with you!

The first photo is a Quinceanera, a latin celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday, marking her transition from girlhood to young womanhood.

The second shot is a very handsome bride and groom trying to include family and friends in their wedding photos, with San Diego and the bay as their backdrop. 

Rainy Day At Low Tide

Woke up to the sound of rain this morning, and decided to stroll around looking for photo opportunities. 

The tide was quite low when I walked around the bay at Centennial Park, so I hopped down on the sand to see the bay from a different perspective.

In the second photo you can see rainwater run-off flowing into the bay, something we don't see too often.

In the last shot it looks like I could walk across the bay, the tide was so low!  It's interesting to see parts of the island from a new angle, but by the last photo I was soaked and ready to go back inside.

Christmas By The Bay

We may have sand instead of snow at Christmastime in Coronado, but it's beautiful anyway!

This was shot at First and Orange Avenue, with a peek at Centennial Park, the San Diego Bay, and San Diego Skyline in the distance.  The large white building across the bay is the San Diego Convention Center.

Sunny November Day

I found this sunny scene earlier today at the end of Orange Avenue, looking out on Centennial Park and across the bay to San Diego.  This bicycle is such a vibrant red I just had to incorporate it in the photo!

Surrey At Sunset

What could be better than a sunset surrey ride with your family?

Wedding at Centennial Park

On Sunday I rode my bike by these wedding preparations at Centennial Park.  What a beautiful location.  Best wishes to the newlyweds!

San Diego Skyline from Centennial Park in Coronado

San Diego may be just across the bay from Coronado, but feels miles and miles away.