Sadly it was time to say goodbye to Margaret this morning (Mon 6th) as she was heading back to Arizona. She and I went around a few of the cute wee local shops in Coronado and then walked down to the beach one last time. After taking her to the airport and saying our farewells, James and I returned to Balboa Park. This time we went to the Air and Space Museum, which was quite good; James loved it of course. One of the planes was The Spirit of St Louis which was flown by Charles Lindbergh, and it had a good Space section too. I went round it at a brisk pace and then sat outside in the sunshine and read my book. James went round more slowly to take in all the details.
Our next expedition was to Point Loma to see the statue of Cabrillo, the first European to land on Californian soil in 1542. His expedition was kind of under-appreciated at the time but he is well commemorated now. I wonder if he would be surprised that there is a great big statue of him overlooking San Diego. There’s quite a good wee visitor centre there too, and we watched a short film about his expedition. He broke his leg during it and died of gangrene shortly afterwards, so he never got home to Portugal again. From the cliffs at the statue there are great views over the city, with Coronado in the foreground.
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