The Weekend

It's hard to believe it's already Sunday night and the weekend is already gone. We welcomed a new crew of folks from Oregon this evening. There are only nine of them, so it's a much smaller crew then usual. It rained this morning while we were at church and it's quite chilly this evening --48 degrees -- so I think they were a bit disappointed. We told them the weather was to make them feel like they were at home in rainy Oregon...

These are some of the pictures we took yesterday on our harbor cruise:

The aircraft carrier Midway which is parked just a dock away from the tour boats. She is permanently docked in San Diego and is open for public tours. Some of the guys went over and took a walk around her while they were waiting for us.

Looking back at the skyline of San Diego:

A ship in dry dock:

And one that just came out of the dry dock:


A US Navy hospital ship:


And a ship that is "supposed to be invisible to radar":


Then we watched the carrier Nimitz come back into the bay (they had departed just that morning for some testing?) with all of its sailors standing at attention on the deck. They stood there for over an hour while the ship came in and docked.


All in all, it was a lovely afternoon. We went to Anthony's afterwards for dinner. We had a long wait -- even though we had reservations -- but, it was worth it for a table by the window with a view of the bay.

On the water...

This is a view of one of the sailboat mooring sites along the San Diego Bay from the deck of the Hornblower. All of the long-termers went on the two hour cruise, then out for a seafood dinner.

I am really tired, so will share more pictures tomorrow...