Exploring San Diego, California in ONE day! 🌴 (FOOD, Balboa Park, & Torrey Pines)
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- We have finally made it to California and our first stop: San Diego! With beautiful beaches, amazing weather, delicious food, hikes, parks, museums, and so much more, there is TONS to do in San Diego. Since we have visited before, we only had a couple days in the city this time, but tried to squeeze in as many sights and eats as possible.
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⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Communal Coffee
02:57 Balboa Park
06:15 Embarcadero
07:47 Hodad’s Burgers
11:25 Bobboi Gelato
12:53 Sea Lions in La Jolla
14:05 Torrey Pines State Reserve
📍Locations in this vlog
Communal Coffee: goo.gl/maps/q4DAwod4ZAv7AWRZA
Spanish Village Art Center: goo.gl/maps/prpnDQsarS9o5zQY7
Palm Canyon Trail: goo.gl/maps/TRavVAWqbUtSNDVr7
USS Midway Museum: g.page/uss-midway-museum-san-...
Hodad’s: g.page/Hodads-OB?share
Bobboi Natural Gelato: g.page/bobboilajolla?share
Our Torrey Pines Hike Route: www.alltrails.com/explore/rec...
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👋🏼 About us
Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.
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We went out to eat with friends last night and they asked me what I liked to do to relax. My hubby pipes up and said, “She likes to watch this couple on RUclips that travels and goes to National Parks and stuff.”
Yup! A+K is my go-to! 😊
Hahahaha we love it!!! ❤️🙌🏼
Every adventure you two share is sharing.
The production quality on your videos is just superb! You guys have taken your game to the next level!
Thank you so much!
Welcome to California and ‘sun’ diego. I was in San Diego from 2005-2008 and I loved every single day! Great video covering all important tourist spots!
What a beautiful place to be able to live!
What an inspiring view of San Diego - we can't wait to get there!
One of my favorite places.
I remember sitting on top of the golden hills over looking the city and water.
Beautiful San Diego! Last time I was there was in my early twenties! It's so nice to see warm weather, beach scenes and beautiful cliffs! Thanks for the tour and enjoy your trip up the coast!!
We really loved seeing the ocean! Some more desert adventures soon, but then mostly green and coast the rest of the way to Alaska 😃
SD is one of my favorite cities to go. I live an hour out from there but watching this makes me fall in love with the city even more.
It’s one of our favorite big cities!
Man o man, San Diego is beautiful. Torrey Pines + Free Parking! Lovin those Cali-Vibes y’all 🦭🚐🤙🏽
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Loved the video, thank you for all the tips! I had a day in San Diego today and went to Communal Coffee, Balboa Park and Embarcadero. Also got some Bobboi Gelato but at the Little Italy location. Cheers!
Oh that's awesome! Love all those spots!
I have heard so much about Balboa Park and La Jolla from a weekly San Diego based podcast that I listen to, so it was nice to finally see what the park looks like. Adam with a Ron Burgundy quote for the win!
Balboa Park is a gem!! So much to see! Glad you liked Adam’s Ron Burgundy impersonation 😜
San Diego is probably my favorite US city. Been there numerous times for business and pleasure, but have never been to Torrey Pines. Thank you for taking us along on your hike.
It is one of our favorites too!
You guys are traveling so fast! Love San Diego -- I used to jog up that hill between the beach and Torrey Pines for half marathon training; seems like a lifetime ago. Great to see those views again! Enjoy your taco food tour; looking forward to seeing what you guys try! And shots of Kona: 🤗
5 months seems like a long time to get to Alaska, but there is so much to see on the way! Our videos also don't really reflect real time since we don't film everyday and sometimes spend over a week in a place without filming anything 😄 Excited to share the food tour, it was delicious!
Just love following you guys. Your videos are always fresh and fun and so well produced. What a contrast going from the saguaro cactus and desert of the Superstion Mountains to beautiful San Diego, Tory Pines and the Pacific Ocean.
We super appreciate you following along! It was so nice to get a change of scenery!
I am so profoundly amazed!! WOW!!!!!
Great overview of San Diego. I once walked the beach, mostly, from La Jolla to Torrey Pines. It was excellent. There was an area for hang gliders that were fun to watch. San Diego is a really fun city!
That would be so fun to see!
This video brings sooo many cool memories, love it!
Thank you for watching!
You guys found so many great spots in San Diego. The gelato looked incredible!
There’s so many good spots in SD! And the gelato was fantastic!
Beautiful sunny San Diego! I have family there but I haven’t been there in awhile, I will soon. So beautiful there with so much to see, and lots of wonderful restaurants and amazing beaches. Enjoy your time in beautiful San Diego. I’ve been loving your travel adventures. Stay safe.😊😍
We agree! It’s an amazing city!
Spent five years in San Diego before moving to Colorado. Loved watching your videos.
Both are amazing places!
Oh yea! This was fun! Let’s be honest, I was most excited about the burgers and boy did they ever look amazing!!! From the way you were dressed it certainly looks like San Diego is a bit warmer than Ohio! Oh how I’m dreaming of spring! Thanks Adam and Katherine for another great vlog!
It was a perfect 60 something degree day! We virtually send you some warmth! 😜
Great episode. Thanks
Another great video, thanks!
You stay classy, San Diego. Beautiful, I love coastline of southern California. Haven't been to pacific since 2003 . Great video again
The California coast is hard to beat!
What a beautiful area San Diego is! The architecture, the beach, the food. Add it to my bucket list please. lol. 👏
It’s a wonderful city!
Enjoyed the video as always.. looks like you guys are having a great time!
We had a blast in SD!
I lived in San Diego for three years and went to Communal all the time during my lunch breaks. I live in LA now, but SD has a certain charm that LA doesn't have. I'm glad I can still go down and visit on the weekends.
Such a gem of a coffee shop! Glad you can still go and visit!
Perfect timing! I'm heading to San Diego for the first time in 3 weeks. Thanks for the tips in the video and guide. I've added the coffee shop and burger place to my list. Yummy!
We hope you have a blast!
Go to Eggies for breakfast!!! Absolutely delicious!!
Haha! Love the outtakes. I got to visit San Diego when the Packers were playing in Super Bowl 32. Somehow my dad got tickets and I remember just loving the vibe of the area. We stayed in La Jolla and that was my first time in Cali and I remember just being blown away coming from Wisconsin. I’ve always wanted to bring the kids back and we’ll definitely be lining up for those burgers. You all look so relaxed and excited to be there…fun to watch.
Wow, what a cool intro to the city going to the Super Bowl! Definitely such a fun place to bring the family, there is something for everyone!
A+K&K: Thanks for another great fun video…man I’m hungry now…what a burger!
It was huge!!!
Glad that your trip got the seal(s) of approval!!
Would like to see San Diego some day. Looks like a fun place to visit.
Hahaha love it! 🦭
Love your videos. Looking forward to more on your journey up the coast and onto to Alaska!
Sooo many fun stops to come!!
You guys did an amazing job highlighting my beautiful home town :)
Thank you so much!
Thank you A&K for sharing San Diego. I live an hour and a half from there, so I will check out La Jolla cove and Torrey Pines soon.
We hope you enjoy them!!
Love it! Can't believe i just found y'all today. Oh well, i did.
Well that looks a lot warmer!!! Latte flight I love the concept and the flavors sound really yummy! What a beautiful hike! Toes in the ocean always a treat!!! Kona is like a toddler wanting attention lol! Looking forward to more from San Deigo!
She is 100% a toddler 24/7 lol, she is a handful haha
Just finished a hike in Bells Canyon to see a frozen waterfall. I love having the Wasatch so close. Keeps me busy every weekend. San Diego looks amazing, and I've heard lots of good things about it. This vlog is a great way to relax and contemplate all the places I hope to see in this great American West. Also looking forward to the upcoming food tour. I've got tacos on the menu this week.
That sounds amazing! We LOVE frozen waterfalls!!
Great video guys. San Diego looks beautiful. I’ll definitely have stop for a burger, it looked massive.
It was so hard to eat in a nice manner lol!
Wow pillowy fries , gelato, and beach hike all in one day.
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Excellent. Great to watch.👍😊🇨🇮
Thanks Don!
We were the crazy group waving to you on I10. Want you to know we are big fans!
Hahahah we were hoping we would hear from y’all! Thank you for waving, it made us smile! 🥰🙌🏼
Outstanding video! I already love your videos, and I spent some time out there in the 1990s. I wanted to go back watching this. And I want to try Hodad's next time!!!
Thank you so much!!
Great stuff, y’all! Cheers from HTX!
One of my favorite cities!
Torrey Pine was beautiful 😍 My husband and I always call California, the promised land ..Lol. The plants at the coffee shop , were beautiful!!!🪴💚☕
California is a gorgeous state! It truly has it all!
Had to come back for a re-watch ahead of our trip next week!
Have a great trip!
So fun to see SD through your lens! I lived there for 12 years and travel back monthly for work but it’s rare that I get to explore. Thanks for the fun day trip. Can’t wait for the taco tour!! Ole!
Work trips are fun to see places, but definitely make it hard to explore! I went on a work trip to SD once, so I feel that!
Ole is a Spanish term. Tacos are Mexican
I loved seeing San Diego again! Really enjoyed every part of this vlog! That burger was a burger lovers dream not to mention the onion rings and fries…oh so yummy! 😋 Lets not forget that really creamy looking gelato…would have loved to sample some of that! Thanks for taking us along for another wonderful area of this beautiful country!
The fries were sooo good! Normally not a thicker fry/wedge fry fan, but they were incredible. And don’t get me started on that gelato!
we just finished a very similar trip from PA to OR (the very southern route to avoid any snow) it’s been so fun watching your videos in almost real time with our trip! we loved all the NP we hit in NM and AZ!
What a trip! We hope y'll had fun!
Yeah you guys are finally here. There are more coffee places to explore 😁
We bet! Lots of great coffee in San Diego. We have been to quite a few in our various trips!
So cute your imitation of the sailor and nurse!
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Been there twice, Loved it!
Beautiful travels!
I'm so happy you went to Ocean Beach!!!! One of my favorite places on the planet. Did you walk the cliffs at sunset? Quite spectacular! And speaking of tacos, There is a restaurant on the historic Ocean Beach Pier called Walking on Water that serves the BEST lobster tacos!!!! Another favorite is the New Break Cafe which is a coffee shop that serves food right across from the beach. And no trip to San Diego is complete without venturing to Extraordinary Desserts! OMG!!! The most decadent outrageous dessert place ever. The Union Street location hits you with a visual feast the moment you walk in the door. Each dessert is a work of art and is adorned with fresh flowers. It's unforgettable!
We were up on the cliffs at Torrey Pines for sunset, but we have been to Sunset Cliffs before (if that is what you're referring to!) Thanks for the food tips! We had heard great things about Extraordinary Desserts and have it listed as a spot on our guide on our website!
Spent four days in San Diego, great place
Love San Diego, so much to see and do. Enjoyed your tour :)
my uncle served on the Midway. Really neat tour
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for the beautiful video. I haven't been to San Diego in years. On my bucket list. You must have been there on a Monday. I didn't see any people and businesses looked closed. I see you were able to take your dog, good to know dogs are ok to walk in the park. I love seeing your hikes, I am unable to do long hikes anymore due to health reasons. Thank you
We were there on a Monday and always start our adventuring early, which is why some shops were closed. But they do open later!
I had the pleasure of visiting San Diego in November and I loved it. I had the burger at Hodads Downtown and it was delicious!
So glad you enjoyed the city too!!
Awesome video guys 🤙
Thank you!!
Absolutely wonderful journey! Those treats especially that burger look delicious.😋The sea lions lounging on the reef were just soooo cute. Can't wait to plan my next trip to San Diego! Also looking forward to more shots of Kona
We hope to have more Kona shots too! Unfortunately she cannot do a lot of our upcoming activities, but trying to include her when we can 😃
@@AdventuresofAplusK Can't wait to see more of your exciting activities!
:47 that's my hood and I have a pic of the guys when they painted that San Diego mural, love my city!
Yay! You two are in California!! I hope you stop by the San Francisco/Bay Area too! There are so many places to visit in our state!! Also excited to see where you go in Oregon and Washington!!
There is sooo much to do in CA! It has been overwhelming trying to prioritize haha
I only have one problem with your videos. I gain weight every time. I feel like a seal laying on my side in pain. Seriously, totally enjoying your videos. Kona was getting her exercise in also.👍👍💖🙋♂️
Just wait for the next one haha
Oh, cool. Hope you guys had fun in my hometown. Even learned of a couple places to try which is crazy cause I’ve lived here my whole life.
We are glad to show you some new spots!
I've been in ocean beach last month. Hodads onions rings can't beat them.
La Jolla is one of our favorite places to visit when we visit our daughter in San Diego!
We LOVE La Jolla! Such a gorgeous area!
I'm in San Diego for the first time right now, can't wait to try hodads tomorrow.
We hope you enjoy it!!
Love that remake of the kiss!!! New bucket list item hahaha! ooooh and Torrey Pines looks like an amazing hike! I mean 16:04 is beautiful!
Hahaha maybe you’ll do better than us 😂
@@AdventuresofAplusK oh...you guys nailed it!! NAILED IT!!!! ❤
12/19/22 I live right by Coffee and Flowers aka Communal Coffee in North Park. My takeaway from this light, fun video is that I do something I thought I would never do in many years of living here--take San Diego for granted. Thank you for prodding me to get out of my recliner and hit Balboa Park next Sunday, Christmas day.
That's awesome to hear! We hope you get out there!
Fun watch - Lived in OB ‘99 to 2012 about a 5 minute walk from Hodad’s which used to have great shakes as well as great hamburgers. Brought back some great memories!! Thanks.
That sounds like a great location to live! The shakes looked insane!
@@AdventuresofAplusK For the future: Mahi Tacos at South Beach (closest restaurant to the pier on n Newport Ave. -great views from the second floor) and Olives Tree Market located at Sunset Cliffs And Narragansett. Try the Manhattan!!
One of my favorite things about living in San Diego is the beer scene. Some of the best mircobrews in the country.
We bet it’s a great place for those who drink! (We don’t, which is why we didn’t share any)
Haha love the reenactment you did of the sailor and the girl.
We almost had it!
When I saw Torrey Pines I thought we were finally going to see some of Adam’s golf skills lol great video!
Hahaha he wishes! He sticks to the cheap courses and is very rusty right now 😂
San Diego the best 🥰
And, now I’m craving a burger. Thanks! 😂
Another fantastic video! That lettuce wrapped burger looked amazing and better than some gluten free buns I've had. Loved seeing the sea lions.
I always love when they actually wrap it in lettuce to give it more of the burger experience!
Love San Diego
One of the prettiest large cities in America. It gets overlooked a bit because of LA and San Francisco, but San Diego is great. Agreed, those sea lions at La Jolla stink.
We love it! Definitely our favorite larger city in CA!
You guy's are awesome 🙏🙋♂️
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We understand!!! We had five hours in San Diego last time. Still squeezed in so much. Could explore Balboa Park for days.
We are now buying a “You are the Yee to my Haw” sign. Thank you, coffee shop!
Imagine playing hide & seek in the Midway.
You outbended the statue!
Hodad’s…yes. Yes. That burger is the size of your head.
Will never forget how hard it was to find ice cream in LA on the Pacific Coast Highway. Not one place was open. But about 20 donut shops! So we got ice cream in San Diego. But that gelato!!!
Dogs not allowed? 😢
Miss those oceans!
There is tons to do! But thankfully it's not too hard to squeeze in a lot in one day. Glad you liked that sign they had, I thought it was cute :)
Hello Adventurers😊😊😊, I see that y'all are eating really good in San Diego🍔🍔🍔! Those HUGE burgers looked sooooo gooood! 20 years my brother, my so Alex and I flew into Albuquerque and drove to Williams, AZ and took the Grand Canyon Railway to the South Rim, and then drove to San Diego which was the 1st time we had ever been to Cali. Such a beautiful city and the food was awesome. That ice cream looked really good too! Great video👍👍👍👍👍.
Oh wow, what a trip! And definitely a lot different scenery than Arizona!
Ah, San Diego; I’m north about an hour:but of course pistachio and my relatives on the rocks. Great job
So glad you enjoyed my town. Would love to meet you guys next time you are here. Or maybe I’ll run into you on the road somewhere.
We ❤️ it there!
G’s gelato choices are the same as mine! I literally ordered those 2 the last time I had gelato 🤣
My 6 year old said you should surf :) Thanks for showing us around.
Stay tuned! Adam may or may not be attempting that soon!
We called wedged potatoes “joe joes” when I was growing up. Soo yummy!! 😍
Haha that’s a cute name!!
We would also love to see videos on tips on traveling with dogs! 🐶 we started doing short road trips, often with our dogs, and would love to know if you have great tips on traveling with dogs!
We have a blog post on our site all about how we travel with Kona that hopefully will help: adventuresofaplusk.com/full-time-van-life-with-a-dog-tips-for-traveling-with-a-dog/
We were married in La Jolla at La Valencia next to the Bobbio (btw, it's the best gelato I've ever had)! San Diego is honestly so gorgeous! I wish we could live there. We have wedding pictures from the seal area and from the Scripps Pier. It's unforgettable!
What an epic spot to get married!!! And that gelato so incredible!
What a great city. Enjoyed it every time we’re there. Housing price has gone up a lot though like every other desirable place
Unfortunately that seems to be the trend these days. Thankful for our van where we can live wherever for cheap!
Loved the video as usual. How many coffee houses and restaurants have you been to around the country...
We have lost count!
Great personalities!
We have been taking notes on your journey. (Website too) Hopefully we will be on our road trip Fla-San Diego soon!
On our San Diego list ~Not Not Tacos (Sam the cooking Guy) so hope you visited him! Beautiful video guys! ~Cara 😊
We love Sam the Cooking Guy! We didn't go there, but maybe next time!
@@AdventuresofAplusK 🥰
I do wonder the next videos should be a rail journey from San Ysidro, CA at the Mexican Boarder to Vancouver, Canada; Vancouver to Halifax, the Alaska Railroad, and Amtrak from Maine to California and to Texas.
That would be a lot of fun, but tough to take our dog with us on that type of experience. Plus it sounds expensive. Thanks for watching!
So crazy! One second you are in the Superstition Mtns getting ready to see some golf and now you are in SD. I love SD by the way! I see you guys took Interstate 8, that is a much more enjoyable drive then the 10. Have fun on your trip north bound. Our family will be on our way to California in 2 weeks. Going to go see Channel Islands NP, Big Sur, Monterrey Bay Aquarium and Pinnacles NP. I am curious to see if you hit any of those spots. 🙂
Hahaha in vlog world we move fast! Stay tuned for more CA fun!
@@AdventuresofAplusK I only recently found your channel. I will have to check out some of your older trips. I love the National Park ones. Have fun!
Okay, so NOT the point of this video at all, but at 1:36, those dungarees in the coffee shop, come flower shop, come gift shop were SO cute ❤ I really liked how colourful Balboa Park was - very quirky and totally looks like a unicorn threw up all over it - winning! That beach that you guys had lunch on is all kinds of beautiful. I don't blame you for getting take-out despite their cool interior. It's SO miserable here in the UK. We've just come out of a really bad storm (I appreciate in comparison to the tornadoes, earthquakes and hurricanes you guys get over there, this is probably nothing) but for us, it was pretty major, and watching you guys sat on that beach, and sat outside eating gelato outside is making me beyond jealous!!! Loved the wildlife later in the video. Usually only expect to see it from you guys at the start of videos and when hiking, so a nice surprise. The Cormorants were amazing - I've only ever seen the yellow ones, never blue!! The shot you got with the eggs in the nest too was amazing! 😍 The Torrey Pines area and hike looked so nice, but costly if you had to pay to park, so good job on scoring the on street parking!! Whilst I did notice the lack of tacos, I did pick up on the Taco Birthday card right at the start in the shop 🌮
They had SO many CUTE things in that coffee shop! All high quality gifts! Adam was just telling me about the storm and how he heard people were watching livestreams planes try to land at Heathrow. Sounds wild! We were very thankful to have a beautiful winter day in San Diego, although it did rain the next day, so it's not all perfect haha
We were stoked to get free parking...more money for tacos in the next video! 😜
Thanks for visiting my home! Very San Diego of you to wear a Patagonia pullover
Love all your videos, I did a day hike on the PCT last year near Warner Springs called Eagle Rock that you might enjoy. Make sure to eat healthy sometimes 😉
We eat extremely healthy off camera and are very active. Y’all only see a tiny sliver of our life and meals 😉
omgoodness, never say you don't have time.....you have all the time in the world.
We unfortunately have much less time for fun than you may think. Filming, editing, writing, etc takes us 80+ hours a week. And we have deadlines to get to specific places for commitments we have. Doing our best!
@@AdventuresofAplusK You're doing a great job.....just take time to enjoy life...okies
work 4 days, play 3 days
We wish we could do that! But being self employed doesn't really create that type of lifestyle 😉
Come to Ashland, OR!
We will be making some stops in Oregon!