We discovered on a late December visit to Coronado Island in San Diego that an advantage of playing on the beach in the winter is that you have it all to yourself.
Our family visited San Diego, California during the Christmas holidays last year arriving in the late afternoon on December 28th to a gorgeous, sunny day – albeit a bit cooler than we had hoped Southern California would be. It didn’t matter though because it was definitely a lot warmer than what we had left behind in Toronto. We checked into our room at the Hotel del Coronado, dropped off our luggage and headed out to explore. We saw many people bundled up in coats, hats and gloves but we weren’t discouraged – we were heading to the beach.
Emma approached the ocean tentatively at first – after all she was fully clothed.
But it didn’t take long before she was running excitedly in the surf as the waves rolled in.
And before long she was soaking wet!
As I snapped pictures while the kids frolicked in the waves I realized that there’s a big advantage to playing on the beach in the middle of winter – we were the only ones there!
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Sarah V.
Love this post! We went to Coronado beach last October. It was a cold, misty day, but we still had a blast.
Thanks for helping me relive a good travel memory.
Kerry Dexter
lovely photos and, I am sure, great memories. winter is a fine time to see the beach in new ways.
Preparing For Takeoff
Fantastic photos–So many things are better to do off season. Your post brought back great memories. We went to the beach in the winter with our year old yellow lab and for us it was a scene out of Marley and Me– including poop in the ocean and our whole family madly trying to chase her down.
Becca@R We There Yet Mom.com
I Love the Hotel del Coronado! And your pics are wonderful!!
I host a Friday Daydreamin’ meme each Friday to feature travel photos & trips – this would be perfect for it, if you’d like to link up. Not taking away from Photo Friday, as I link up for that one too!
Thanks for considering!
Happy Labor Day Weekend!
~Becca
Anne patrone
Great photos! We were there in April & it wasn’t too warm then either. I agree about off season travel but it gets harder when they get into school
wandering educators
what happy, happy photos! 🙂
Impulsive Addict
Great pics!! I can’t wait to see a beach again! My daughter’s name is Emma too! Great name.
Stopping by via R We There Yet.
Have a great weekend~
Nicole at Arrows Sent Forth
My mom, sister and I visited San Diego in early March. A trip out to Coronado was a real highlight. I don’t blame your daughter one bit, what a perfect way to “rinse off” a long winter!
Jessica
I love the ripples in the sand in the first picture. Great, fun photos.
Sophie
Very lively, happy photos! The idea of being barefoot and wading on the beach in December… sounds quite nice for a change!
Andrea
gorgeous pictures! she looks so happy and excited!
Date Girl
I love the look of pure joy that you captured on her face. Beautiful!
Liz @ Sugarplum Creations
Oh we loved Coronado Beach when we visited. So beautiful. Love all of those gorgeous photos!!