When it Rains in Coronado.

September demands a vacation. It's a transitional month, a 30 day split between summer as it slowly melts into fall. Naturally, California, the eternal summer, offered a lovely break before jumping into a new job and extended the summer month just a week longer. A late (but heavily delayed) flight brought me to LAX late Thursday, and the lovely Miss Emily was kind enough to pick me up at the airport. We'd been roommates at university before I bid a tearful goodbye and she left BYU for USC, (a fine trade I suppose) to attend graduate school. It's all very sad until I get to crash at her apartment and spend time with her in Los Angeles. Then it's pretty great. A couple of days full of friends and sunshine was a grand way to spend the weekend, before  hopping on a train at Union Station and headed south towards San Diego for some cousin time. 

Maybe it's because I'm trying to stretch summer just a tad longer, but it ended up pouring buckets on Tuesday. I suppose walking around the shops in Coronado sopping well was an adventure but I was ready for some serious beach time that day. Refuge was found in a corner coffee shop and a rad store until the worst of it was over. The up side of the whole affair was that Coronado looked beautiful when dripping wet, hence the photos. The rest of the week was spent with my little cousins, wandering the beach in the mornings, and staying up late talking. Thrift shopping in Utah doesn't hold a candle to the Salvation Army's and Goodwill's found elsewhere. Of course, an afternoon was spent at the beach though the kids wanted to go to the pool, but "Emily doesn't have a beach where she lives". Right you are, mister. Balboa park also made it into the itinerary, as did lunch at places only found in Coronado. 

 
The Salt Lake City airport greeted me back with monsoon like weather and a definite dip into fall. Armed with wool skirts and ankle boots found thrift shopping, I do think it's time to let summer go...although you can bet popsicles will still make an appearance part way through October.