28 Days of Pico — Day 9: Point Loma Lighthouse

June 15, 2026  ·  by Stooge

Day 9.

This one is called Point Loma Lighthouse.

The Old Point Loma Lighthouse was built in 1855. It stands at the tip of the peninsula, 462 feet above the Pacific. On a clear day you can see the entire bay, the harbor, Coronado Island, and well into Mexico.

It is, by any measure, the best possible vantage point in San Diego.

Pico found it and immediately asked it for directions.

The lighthouse did not answer. Lighthouses do not answer. They face the sea and do their job, which is looking out at the water, not down at lost parrots. This is a reasonable position that did nothing to help Pico.

He announced himself twice. He used his clearest voice — the one that works on Stooge. The lighthouse remained unmoved. It had been standing there since 1855. It had seen ships, whales, weather fronts, and a great deal of open ocean. A yellow-naped Amazon with a navigational problem was not going to rattle it.

Pico concluded it was not very helpful and flew on.

The lighthouse, for its part, didn’t notice.

The Kickstarter for The Launch Collection — including the Point Loma Lighthouse print — runs through July 5th. Back the campaign here.

Come back tomorrow for Day 10.

— Stooge