Reasons Why I go to San Diego Every February: A BillsWeek List

Surfers off Ocean Beach Pier


• The smell of green grass.
• Palm trees.
• The Pacific Ocean.
• Surfers in the Pacific Ocean.
• Spring-like temperatures generally in the 60s (this time of year). I’ve been there when it’s been in the 80s and the 40s, however, so dressing in layers is a good idea.
• Wildlife in The Pacific Ocean (seagulls hanging out, pelicans diving off the pier for fish, sometimes I even see dolphins).
• Wearing shorts and sandals outside.
• Ocean, Coronado, and La Jolla Beaches – where I spend hours and hours walking along the Pacific Ocean in my shorts and sandals.
• Ocean Beach Pier: the longest on the west coast and a great place to watch the large waves coming in off the great Pacific Ocean.
• Balboa Park – site of the 1915 World Exposition, an outdoor pipe organ, and palm trees. You can also lie on the green grass and watch big jets fly just over your head on their way to the local airport.
• The airport, by the way, is conveniently located near downtown, just minutes from wherever you want to go, unlike some other airports which are miles and miles and miles away from the city out in the middle of nowhere.
• Cheaper to get to than Hawaii or Australia.
• The option to visit Sea World, the Wildlife Park, a first class zoo, the Scripps Aquarium, whale watches, the Maritime Museum (where you can walk around on an old sailing ship which carried immigrants from England to New Zealand I believe), Los Angeles just up the road, or Mexico just down the road. Of course I rarely or never do these things, but it’s nice to have the option.
• People in San Diego drive up to their local mountains when it snows. I do not do this.
• Flowers blooming.
• This is the time of year when the seals at La Jolla give birth to their pups. So cool to see those wiggly little babies torment their more staid elders.
• Watching air craft carriers and huge Navy ships come and go. There are also sailors.
• Hiking on the Sunset Cliffs. In shorts. In winter.
• I don’t care what anybody says, I think California is awesome!