While in San Diego, we got to see a number of ships in San Diego Bay. There were a lot of military, including the USS Nimitz …the USS Carl Vinson …and a sub base, with Los Angeles class subs. The aircraft carriers were particularly intriguing. First, I had never seen a carrier in person before. [...]

We spent a fair amount of time at Balboa Park. They have the largest outdoor organ there. They had lots of museums, and nice grounds. They had a great botanical museum.

While we opted not to go in, there were two aircraft on display in front of the San Diego Areospace Museum. One of them was a prototype of the Sea Dart, the only sea plane to break the sound barrier. The second was the A-12 OXCART. This was the “big brother” in the Blackbird family, [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, we went to the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park. Once “Cheetah Tales” show was complete. We checked out the rest of the park. The centerpiece was the Africa section. There was a tram tour around the main enclosures that was over two miles long. They said that [...]

A few days after going to the San Diego Zoo, we went to the Wild Animal Park. This is another campus about thirty miles north of the main zoo. Here, they have larger enclosures. There will be another post about that in a bit. However, as soon as we walked in, we discovered we had [...]

One of the things I was particularly keen on seeing was the San Diego Zoo. They are said to have one of the better zoos in the country. One of the first animals we got to see was flamingos–even with flamingo chicks! I always like to see fishing cats. They had one who was quite [...]

We just got back from a vacation in San Diego, California. We had a great time, even if it was gray the whole time we were in the city itself. Expect to see several posts over the next several days. I took 1,241 photos, so it will take a bit of sorting. Howver, I wanted [...]

The usual scene on the stairs after a few days with the catsitter.

Vacationing in San Diego, California Sent from my iPad