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A Mid-July Week on Coronado

·Coronado, California, United States·#california#summer#San Diego#daily-life#sailing#coronado
A sunny coastal view with a sandy beach, blue ocean, a red-roofed building, and a person on a palm tree.

Partway through our mid-July week on Coronado now. The mornings start grey with the marine layer, and it doesn't seem to bother anyone — the beach fills up regardless, umbrellas the whole length of it toward Point Loma.

Walked over to the Hotel del Coronado while the sky was still overcast. There's a big rainbow banner wrapped around the turret under the American flag, which I hadn't expected on a building that old, and it works.

The bay side is where I keep ending up in the evenings. From the Ferry Landing you get the whole downtown skyline across the water, sailboats out in numbers before dinner. Tonight a couple of tugboats brought an enormous grey Navy vessel past the pier right at dusk, long and flat and slow, and half the pier stopped to watch it go by. Stayed on the sand after dark and caught fireworks going off somewhere across the bay, small green bursts over the lights.

A grand white hotel with red roofs, palm trees, and an American flag above a rainbow-banded tower.A large, white Victorian-style hotel with red roofs and palm trees stands under a cloudy sky, with a driveway in front.Numerous sailboats on a calm body of water with distant land, a person, and a light blue sky.A bay with sailboats, a large aircraft carrier, and a city skyline under a clear blue sky.A sailboat on a bay with a city skyline in the background and white flowers in the foreground under a clear blue sky.A large grey ship docked near a city skyline, with a wooden pier and sandy beach under a cloudy sky.Nighttime view of a city skyline across a bay with a lit bridge, buildings, and a green light, from a sandy shore.Night view of a city skyline with illuminated buildings, a pier over water, and reflections under a cloudy sky.

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