Due to a variety of reasons I needed to switch hotels.  This meant moving from National City all the way up into Old Town.  I just wanted to experience the different regions of San Diego! 😉 So while waiting to check in to the hotel, I grabbed my camera and went for a little stroll around Old Town.  It was early afternoon and the weather was perfect.  I drank a fantastic iced coffee in the shade, watched tourists wander around, and then explored the historical buildings.

Mormon Battallion building
Mormon Battallion building
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion
Flower with backlighting
Flower with backlighting
Tile steps
Tile steps
Nothing sums up California like palm trees and oranges
Nothing sums up California like palm trees and oranges
Man with an art car and a parrot. (hence the bird cages) His thing was Christmas from different cultures. Interesting fellow. He was "fun crazy" not "insane crazy".
Man with an art car and a parrot. (hence the bird cages) His thing was Christmas from different cultures. Interesting fellow. He was “fun crazy” not “insane crazy”.

 

Festivus for the rest of us.
Festivus for the rest of us.
Church
Church
Other side of the old church
Other side of the old church
Looks like fall
Looks like fall
Bells
Bells
Colorful  palm tree
Colorful palm tree
Bird of paradise
Bird of paradise
Bird of paradise
Bird of paradise.  Such interesting looking flowers.
Weird viney plant
Weird viney plant
Bird playing in a fountain
Bird playing in a fountain
Nice shapes and desert plants
Nice shapes and desert plants
Detail of hibiscus
Detail of hibiscus
Colorful pink hibiscus
Colorful pink hibiscus
People write their names on the leaves. no idea why.
People write their names on the leaves. no idea why.
Old part of town
Old part of town
This was the first settlement here
This was the first settlement here
Doorknob detail
Doorknob detail
I found rocks!
I found rocks!
Print office.  Some of these were historical and some were turned into shops.
Print office. Some of these were historical and some were turned into shops.
Graffiti portrait.
Graffiti portrait.