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Dogs, Sun, and a Few Days Home in San Diego

·San Diego, California·#spring#San Diego#dogs#daily-life#dog-beach
The exterior of Petco Park stadium with large red letters, a blue sky, and a tall palm tree.

A few days home in San Diego, and the weather held for all of them.

One day was downtown — past Petco Park, then up to a rooftop with the Coronado Bridge stretched out across the bay. A trail somewhere along the way was crowded with prickly pear, some of the pads flowering yellow.

Mostly, though, it was dogs. The pup spent a whole afternoon on the patio cushions with her eyes half shut, front legs stretched out in the sun, moving only when the shade did. Then a beach day, where she ran full speed through the shallows and came out of the surf soaked and looking mildly betrayed by it. Her little black-and-white friend fared about the same. Both of them picked their way back up the rocks dripping, tongues out, ready to go again.

Three palm trees on a rooftop patio with a distant bridge over water under a blue sky.Dense prickly pear cacti fill the foreground, with new growth, a yellow flower, and a blue sky with clouds above a distant hillside.A light brown dog lies on a gray cushion with its eyes closed under a clear blue sky.A light brown dog wearing a striped collar lies on a grey cushion outdoors under a clear blue sky.A light brown dog with a red collar lies on a cushion under a bright blue sky, with a fence and rocks.A light-colored dog lies on a light gray surface, with its nose in sharp focus and a blue sky in the blurry background.A tan dog runs and splashes in shallow ocean water near large rocks, with another dark dog in the distance.Two wet dogs, one tan and one black and white, walk on sandy rocks with a rocky background.

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