The star of india at the maritime museum in the embarcadero in San Diego.
Russian sub at the maritime museum
Carnival Spirit
whale cruise
the view from our lunch spot!
just a bit bigger than last years cruise ship
USS Midway Naval museum
another view of the USS Midway
Fantail cafe on the Midway
Naval Aircraft
Very cool statue in the Tuna Harbor next to the USS Midway
midway
monument to the miday
monument
Coronado Bridge
relief on the back side of the midway monument
relief again
another view
statue in the fish market
statue again
another view of the statue....mom got crazy
bad pic of me, only one you should see for a while
Bullfighting ring, They don't get started until April and it is a short season but it is directly across the street from the hospital.
Statue on the inside of the bullfighting ring.
The beach is just four blocks due west of the hospital and about four blocks north is the US border.
Beautiful views. We didn't walk much but sat and enjoyed the view and feeling the warm sun on our faces. Nice after sitting in the hospital for three days.
Restaurants down by the ocean sell fresh green coconuts. They cut off the top and give you a straw and then you can eat the inside once the milk is gone.
View of the border and San Diego beyond.
Back side of the restaurant.
Enjoying the sun.
We liked the thatched roofs.
View to the south.
We aren't sure what this used to be used for but there is a small stage and it looks like there used to be lights. It is a great place to just sit in the sun now.
Another view to the north and the US Border.
The church and parochial school are directly behind the hospital.
street sign outside the hospital
another view of the street sign, see the bull fighting ring behind it!
view from the hospital
another view from the hospital
condos being built behind the hospital and the addition they are putting on the hospital itself
calimax is their version of kroger!
the windows in the church behind the hospital are beautiful
california from Mexico
the border is right up next to some beautiful homes.
the lighthouse at the northernmost point of mexico
The cornerstone of the US/Mexico border
the border extends right down into the ocean
the US side!
The bull ring and the lighthouse
This doesn't look much like a tourist destination on a US beach front!
sitting by the border in the warm sun, hard to believe it was 15 degrees at home!
San Diego
ocean view....
Sunset on the beach
beach view
quiet sunny afternoon on the beach in Tijuana
Sandi and Mike
Mike and Sandi
Sandi and Mike against the US side!
Mom with the granny glasses!
Tide is moving in
Bull ring
light house
We knew they were setting up for an interview on the US side but we couldn't figure out what for!
Warning signs on the border, the guys standing down there kept slipping through and back.
Horseback riders on the US side in the state park
Katie, Grandma thought you would like these pics!
sunset approaches!
the Corona restaurant looked like a great place to relax
strolling mariachi's anyone?
statue on the beach
entry to the beach
the hospital
another statue outside the hospital
Vendor stalls at Rosarita beach.
We spent 2 hours in Rosarita shopping for everyone for gifts to take home.
The vendors were very insistent that they had unique items and that things were so cheap they were almost free, of course everything started out at about $30 U.S.
Vendors were very easy to talk down most of the time and if they thought you were going to leave they would come down to your price most of the time.
We found some great deals but most of the fun was in the bartering.
We ate in a small restaurant and had burritos and bottled water.
we could look out on the open air market from our seats in the restaurant.
more vendors stalls.
this restaurant was the pick up point for the hospital van to come pick us all back up.
El nido Resturant, Mike and Sandi ate here last time they came.
USS Midway
Hangar Deck
Info on the midway class aircraft carriers, Dad was on the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Laundry lockers
Enlisted bunks
more enlisted bunks
storage space under the bunks
game table in the dining hall
even more, ship was built to house 3000 men but frequently housed 4500
Foxil...short for forecastle
midway crest
Navy Chiefs, Navy Pride
another bad pic of the Navy Chiefs sign
Navy Pride
Junior officer quarters
junior officer showers
model of the original midway
hangar deck
stored jet fuel and oxygen
floor hatch
engineering
hallways looked pretty big to us but probably would have been pretty cramped with 4500 men on board.
welding shop
more engineering
water line?
engineering water line
Midway class aircraft carrier
more midway facts
plane on the hangar deck
another plane on the hangar deck
enlisted chow line, foods included SOS, corned beef hash and other goodies.
supply dept
senior officer berths
more senior officer quarters
sinks in room!
XO cabin
CO's suite
Officer's Clean shirt dining hall
Bowling alley in the clean shirt officers mess
special table!
chow line in the clean shirt officers mess
kitchen prep area for officers
Dirty Shirt dining for officers, this is where the pilots would eat because they could watch the flight deck from the monitor in the corner and didn't have to change out of their uniforms.
chow line for officers
officer mess
officers mess
snacks
monitor in the back of the room
officer's barber shop
laundry facility
laundry
dry cleaning
dry cleaning and pressing
tailor
Command master chief quarters
The Command Master Chief
officers showers. bathroom on other side
enlisted kitchen
convection ovens
huge soup pots
sinks
elevator
dining room
marine?
explains the marine in the previous pic!
Seal of the US Navy
Enlisted Barber
Chief's mess
Chief's mess was the best place to eat on the ship
plaque in the chief's mess
This one is for Dad!
This one too!
Chief's uniforms
mugs
chief's cooks
enlisted dining hall
This part is for dad!
Medical
Sitz bath anyone?
sick bay
ICU
Sick bay
Surgery
more surgery
Lab
Lab and Pharmacy
clinic room
Xray
Pharmacy
Scullery...imagine doing dishes for 15000 a day!
Mail rook
Mail room
machine shop
from the flight deck
planes on the flight deck
the island
flight deck
FA18 Hornet
Hornet
more planes on the flight deck
the island on the flight deck
how to catch a plane on an aircraft carrier
mike listening to the audio tour on the midway
rescue helicopters on the flight deck
CV-41
Rescue helicopters
more rescue helicopters on the midway
more aircraft on the flight deck
The bridge
you may recall a pic of this from the first day we were here, this is the picture from the deck of the midway!
The USS Nimitz
USS Nimitz
the rest of the flight deck
one of two 40,000 lb anchors!
seagulls
view of the coronado bridge from the midway
View of the island from the front of the ship
rescue helicopter
inside the rescue helicopter
inside again
The sea knight
tall ship cruise
better pic of the tall ship
kites in the park
kites
kites at seaside village
carriage rides through seaside village
carriage rides
the US Grant hotel in San Diego, built by Ulysses S. Grant's son
The Yard house boasts the largest number of beer's on tap in the world
Gaslight in the gaslight quarter
The Blarney Stone Pub
Horton Grand hotel, this one is supposed to be haunted
the Streetlights change depending on the ethnic area you are in, these are in the San Diego version of ChinaTown
View of the Trolley transit system
Petco park
PetCo park
Trolley yard
coronado bridge, 2.1 miles long. It has the bend in it to extend it to get more federal funding.
View downtown from the Coronado bridge.
Shipyard, ships being built for the Navy
Heading down the Coronado bridge onto Coronado Island
Sailboats moored off of Coronado island
Hotel Del Coronado, wish we could have gotten a better view but we didn't have time to get off and visit
heading back onto the Coronado bridge
US Navy Seals training facility
US Navy ship yard
San Diego Zoo
kind of speaks for itself
More sculptures at the Zoo
Broccoli trees? we can't remember the actual name but the tour driver told us they looked like broccoli!
The Military museum is one of 24 museums in Balboa park in San Diego
We really were interested in the houses at the Hall of Nations.
Not quite sure what this is but it has been almost 185 pictures just today! cut me some slack!
Art museum in Balboa park
This was pretty too, not sure what it was but we liked it!
Fig tree
close up of the fig tree!
we needed to remember our tour guide's name....
Kristi REALLY wanted to visit this restaurant!
A shootout in old town!
even more shopping, Mike had almost had it by now! I am amazed it took this long quite honestly!
Bird's of paradise were all over, beautiful
Old Town State park
This is the train we missed, only 15 minutes to the next one!
