Day 4 - Driving to San Diego and Coronado Beach

On Saturday we left Phoenix to make the 360 mile drive to Sunny San Diego.  We knew it was going to be a grind because of the heat outside and the fact that the scenery did not change much.  Kudos to the Toyota Company who make the Highlander.  I have to say it is a pretty nice and reliable vehicle.  The temps were climbing almost up to 110 degrees as did the elevation change.  We reached as high as 8000 feet in California and then descended all the way down to sea level during the drive.

A sight we have not seen before!

Actual pic of the Temp taken during a stop near the California border.

During the drive on Interstate 8, the elevation changed a lot more than I expected which I thought would just be flat desert.  Just over the California border past Yuma, we could see the US/Mexican border as seen in the following pic.  You can see the border wall.  We went through two different checkpoints to the Border guards could check to see if any illegals were on board.  That was kind of strange.

In the distance, you can see the border wall.  We were within sight of Mexico on Interstate 8.

Not exactly desert flatland, more like a lunar landscape!

But we made it to San Diego in about 5 and 1/2 hours and headed across the bay to Coronado where we had hotel reservations.  It turned out that Coronado Beach is a very popular place for tourists and locals as I think most of the people in San Diego decided to go to the beach that day.  As did we,  Tate could not wait to go to the beach.  So we checked in and headed out.  The temperature was in the low 80s with a nice breeze.  The boys said the water was cold and did not stay in very long.  

A picture taken from the bridge crossing over into Coronado from San Diego where we stayed.

The boys playing around on the beach (Trey getting dunked on by Tate!)

Just two lovebirds on the beach!

And two weak, little boys!

We spent about an hour and a half at the beach and then went back into downtown Coronado for some pizza for dinner.  The next day (Sunday) we would get up early to take the ferry across the Bay for the trip to Petco Park to see the Padres.