Road Trip to San Diego

We departed Nashville on March 31st for the 4 day drive to San Diego. We took 40 West through TN, AR, OK, TX, NM and AZ. The first night we stopped in Russellville, AR. Trip was uneventful except it was unseasonably warm. The next day we went from Russellville to Amarillo, TX. The temps were in the high 80's but did get up to 98 in OK. We continued West from Amarillo to Flagstaff, AZ. As we were dressed for the high temps we had been experiencing, it was quite a shock to the system to run into snow from Albuquerque to Flagstaff. The temps were now in the upper 20's, plenty of snow in the shaded areas.

From Flagstaff we took Rt 17 south to Phoenix. We saw some beautiful mountain scenery.

Mountains along Rt 17

Mountains along Rt 17

We continued to Phoenix and then on to Yuma, AZ. It went from 27 in Flagstaff to 80+ in Yuma. We got to Yuma in early evening and decided to do some exploring around town. We walked the Riverwalk along the Colorado River. Lots of desert and cactus.

Yuma

A little Chapel across the Colorado in CA

Ocean to Ocean Highway bridge in Yuma

 

We departed Yuma on April 4th for the final drive into San Diego (obviously taking the southern route). There was lots of desert and cactus which we did expect, but there were some fantastic mountain roads and boulders along Rt 8. The mountains looked like they were made of huge boulders stacked one on top of the other.

As we were driving we could see this stone tower in the distance, so when we got close we just had to get off the highway to check it out. It was the Historic View Tower and Desert Park. There were some spectacular views from up near the Tower.

View from Tower

Historic Tower

Rusty in Desert Park

We continued our trek into San Diego arriving mid morning in downtown. After lunch along San Diego Bay, we spent several hours walking around Seaport Village and the Embarcadero. It was great getting out of the car and just relaxing and enjoying the day.

Rusty - San Diego

Sheryl - cool tree along Embarcadero

Sheryl - Embarcadero, downtown

We spent the night in Point Loma, which is on other side of the Airport. Tomorrow is April 5th and we board the Celebrity Century for our 15 day cruise to Hawaii.

We were glad we decided to leave a day early as we heard on the news that the Dallas area had a tornado and there was a huge snowstorm in Albuquerque.