Newport Beach, CA

                                              Jim and his mom Lorraine

                                             San Juan Capistrano

We then left San Diego and headed up the coast to Newport Beach to meet Jim's family.  We stopped at San Juan Capistrano Mission on the way up.  We then headed up the coast to Newport Beach to stay at Jim's Mom's house.  The weekend was cloudy and cool but we really enjoyed meeting Jim's Mom and his twin brother, Edie and his family.  We also got to see the house in Riverside where Jim grew up and  went to have lunch at a beautiful hotel called the Mission.  However it was only a breakfast buffet and we passed it up.

San Diego

                                              Tom in Balboa Park

                                             Balboa Park- one of the museums

We had a wonderful week in southern CA.  We spent the first few days in San Diego.  We took a bus tour and saw the highlights of the area.  Then we went back and spent most of our time in Balboa Park.  We went to the zoo and many of the museums.  We also went to Old Town a couple of times.  Old Town was one of my favorites.  I just LOVE the Spanish architecture.

I loved the bell tower which chimed every 15 minutes with lots of music sometimes.  Here's one of the shorter ones.