Mt. Soledad...

I've been slacking and need to post our

latest & greatest adventures! We visited

Mt. Soledad. Atop the mountain is a national

monument for military members, mostly

for those who fought in the Korean War.

This is an aerial view of the mountain.

The views from up there were incredible!

It was really cold & windy as we were coming

off of a cold front. We'll go back on a really

sunny day next time.

There were a million plaques & some really

famous people had a memoriam there. It

was a really neat thing to be able to see.

Can you imagine living on this mountain

and having this view of the ocean?!? Jealous!

Here are a couple cool stats about Mt. Soledad

that I read about on Wikipedia:

Legend of Munchkin land...

                          It is a common urban legend that, in the 1930s,
                  a group of little people who earned money in Hollywood
                   appearing in movies such as The Wizard of Oz, came to
                       San Diego where they built miniature houses on
                         Mount Soledad. The legend gained support due
                       to the fact several houses were built on steep slopes
                      overlooking the Pacific and, as you drove or walked
                        by, it was easy to believe, due to optical illusions
                    created as you looked down at the houses from the road,
                        that the doors and other features were smaller than
                      normal. If you actually walked up to the houses it was
                          easy to see they were not. Most of the supposed
                      "Munchkin Houses" have been remodeled and the effect
                                                is no longer present.

                                                Last home of Dr. Seuss...
                           Mount Soledad also holds the last home lived in by
                         Dr. Seuss. His widow, Audrey Geisel still resides atop
                                Mt. Soledad in a lavish home that includes an
                          observation tower that is referred to as the Seuss
                                                 house by the locals.

                             

My cool tip is that I live 5 minutes from

the beach, which can be observed from a

magnificent view via the mountain.

Beach so close = happy me!!!!!

 

From this view you can see down to the

mission beach area, & at night you can

see the lights & fireworks from Sea World!

The cross was refinished in 2008, and

though most find it fitting for a monument

it has become a constant topic of controversy

over the involvement of religion in government.

It's a monument & memorial for heaven sakes!

Come on people, of course it makes sense!

We were windblown and had icicle fingers

by the time we thought to get a pic with us

in it, but we managed! It was a great
place to visit, and worth going again-
if for nothing else than THE VIEWS!