May 2019 - San Diego
Part 2 of our trip to San Diego (part 1 here). One of the most fun things we did on the trip was to charter a sailboat and go for a daysail out in the San Diego harbor. I would say that the San Diego harbor doesn't have quite as much scenic beauty as the SF harbor, but it makes up for it with navy ships! It was really exciting to sail past the shipyard and see all of the navy ships, and then having them cruise past us while we were sailing around.
We were also able to make it up to La Jolla to celebrate our anniversary. Yay!
Part 2 of our trip to San Diego (part 1 here). One of the most fun things we did on the trip was to charter a sailboat and go for a daysail out in the San Diego harbor. I would say that the San Diego harbor doesn't have quite as much scenic beauty as the SF harbor, but it makes up for it with navy ships! It was really exciting to sail past the shipyard and see all of the navy ships, and then having them cruise past us while we were sailing around.
We were also able to make it up to La Jolla to celebrate our anniversary. Yay!
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| Starting our sail out towards downtown | ||
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| The tall ships | Sailing past the USS Midway. It seems even bigger from the water! | |
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| Full sail ahead! | Under the Coronado bridge | |
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| Entering the Navy shipyard | Ship after ship | |
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| It was great to just sail past all of the impressive ships in their berths | ||
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| Ships getting some work done | A seal trying to eat a fish while seagulls wait for leftovers | |
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| "We'll sail you soon" - quite the slogan. | A seal enjoying a break | |
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| The Coronado islands off in the distance | Point Loma lighthouse | A navy ship that cruised up right past us |
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| Ending the day with a nice downwind sail back to the harbor | ||
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| The cliffs near La Jolla | Wildflower season! | |
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| A fairly brown looking black phoebe | ||
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| A lot of beach | Some delicious dessert | Mating time for some California gulls |
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| The tail feathers are there to provide some privacy | A ruffled up pair of house finches | A juvenile European starling enjoying the fruit |
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| Someday it'll grow up to look like this adult European starling | At the temple, after so many years | |
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| Dinner at the reception restaurant | The view from the hotel | |
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| The sun setting over the San Diego harbor |