Coronado Island, CA

    As some of you may know last week we went to San Diego with my husband for one of his district meetings for work. Skyler and I had all week to play and explore the beaches and surrounding towns full of shopping and good food. Although the weather wasn't  that warm (60's) we still went to a couple beaches. The first one we went to was Coronado which is an island right off of downtown San Diego. That was by far my favorite beach with white fine sand and gold flakes throughout the sand that was really something to see it was almost like the sand right at the shore line was gold..when you walked the bottoms of your feet turned a gold color and when it dried it would just flake off, something I have never seen before especially not on the east coast but maybe it is common? But anyway it is a cute little island with a magnificent hotel del coronado placed right along the beach with beach houses for rent with there own private pools and spectacular views of the ocean and the many navy ships entering the harbor. It is a must see and definitely my favorite! I think I liked it the most because they would clean up the sea weed in the morning from the beach and rake the sand along the shore keeping it nice. If you are going to San Diego take the ferry to Coronado Island or drive across the massive bridge and look down over all the sail boats nestled along the coast!