Point Loma, San Diego, CA

We  visited Point Loma in San Diego, CA yesterday.  Point Loma is known as the place "where California was began".  It is a seaside community of San Diego that geographically is a hilly peninsula that is borderd by the Pacific Ocean on its west and south side, the San Diego bay is on it east side and Old Town San Diego is north.  Along with the Coronado peninsula it seperates the San Diego bay from the Pacific Ocean.  The word Loma, in Spanish, means hill.  It originally was named La Punta de la Loma de San Diego, the hill point of San Diego but was later changed to Point Loma.  On September 28, 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered California by landing on Point Loma for Spain.  Today Point Loma hosts two major Military Bases, a National Cemetary, a National Monument, a Universtiy along with a residential community and commercial businesses.  Its population is 48,285.
I remember Point Loma as a place Tim and I use to visit to walk along the Pacific ocean with its cliffs and rocky surfaces  that created several tide pools.  It is amazing to look into the tide pools and see the ocean's ecosystem thrive.  We spotted a lot of anemones, several snails and even a small octopus.  It was just the beginning of low tide during our visit so the tide pools were just starting to show up.   The water is so clear around the point that when you are standing next to the statue of Juan Cabrillo, on top of Point Loma at the Cabrillo National Monument, you can look down into the Pacific ocean and see the bottom and follow it out aways.  At that same area you also get a beautiful view of the San Diego bay, Coronado, NAS North Island and downtown San Diego.  It was not a clear day yesterday but you could still see most of the Bay.  You could also hear the Whistle bouy at the beginning of the channel that leads into the bay. The view of the bay  is a beautiful sight.  It was so much fun to be at Point Loma again.