We headed down to the harbor planning on taking the 11:15 cruise. We were advised though to wait until 12:30 as there would be fewer people as the "foreign" tour groups generally take the 11:15 tour. So we spent our time exploring a new section of the harbor that we hadn't seen before. We went to the Broadway Pier, saw the Maritime Museum featuring tall ships, went by the San Diego Administrative Building(city hall), a nearby park and playground and then returned for the tour.
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| built in 1962 |
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| probably more than a quarter mile of fountains on both sides of City Hall |
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| darn lisinopril |
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| entrance to City Hall |
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| bath time for Miguel and Jose |
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| amazing park adjacent to city hall. San Diego can truly be proud of their amazing city particularly the waterfront area |
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| Brayden and Cooper would LOVE this park. Even if they fell the blue surface is like a sponge. |
Our tour was right by the Midway but we didn't visit this year since we took a very extensive tour last year.
The guide was very informative, you could tell he was retired military(Navy), and he gave us the in's and outs of all the buildings and ships on the harbor. I kept thinking that Dad should have been with us - I think he would really enjoy it. I certainly couldn't name all the ships both naval and commercial but I will share some of the things we saw.
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| needless to say there is an amazingly HUGE military presence in San Diego |
We passed under the Coronado Bridge and saw the Convention Center, downtown skylines and Petco Park from the water vantage.
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| bridge built in 1969 |
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| The ship we mentioned in a previous blog in the forefront is 252' long with a 300 ' mast. Called the M5. The downtown skyline view from the water is beyond belief. |
We saw lots of small ships and boats and lots of sea life - like the pelicans and sea lions.
After our tour we made another run at mother of the bride dress shopping and hit the jackpot at the downtown Macy's. I came away with two dresses that were a real bargain even by Ron's standards which were far surpassed. The great day was topped off by dinner in the Gas Lamp District at the Bistro and the trolley ride to Old Town transit center then the bus home.
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| Horton square .. well worth a view and visit |
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| another BOGO meal |
Looks like a fun day! I don't spend nearly enough time in downtown by the water. It really is nice. I like how the convention center is designed to look like it has sails coming off of it.
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