San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum

After three hectic days in Anaheim, it has been nice to slow up a bit in San Diego. We took the Pacific Surfliner from Anaheim to San Diego. A beautiful two hour train trip along the coast. The kids played cards and we caught up on some well earned rest. We are staying at the Hilton Bay Front which has beautiful views of the San Diego harbour and …

I woke up too early the next morning (still running on east cost time) and looked outside. Rain was coming down. Not too hard, but enough that I wouldn't want to by standing around in it all day. I would have to find things to do indoors. I spent about an hour browsing the web getting a few directions and formulating some plans. A quick breakfast …

Today was to be a bit of a relax and "go with the flow" kind of day. We didn't have any specific plans other than to hop on the trolley and head towards dowtown San Diego for a look around.

There is a transit stop at "Old Town" which is apparently where San Diego first started - so we got off the trolley for a look around. It is the …

... special - I felt really bad that I did not buy anything but at least Irene did.  We wanted to go on the Midway (aircraft carrier museum) but all the shoe 'shopping' took up too much time so when we got there we would have only had about 1 1/2 hours ...

... a much less tacky feel than its northern counterpart. We continued west and north, passing the massive USS Midway (a moored aircraft carrier/museum) and caught the ferry across the bay to the island of Coronato. Coronato is linked to the mainland ...

... )...her voice, her face, her vernacular. Mandi walked me all along the harbor past the ginormous USS Midway (now an aircraft carrier museum), historic ships and a sea of sailboats. We saw the sun go down, the moon glow and even fireworks. Good ...

... .  The drive to my hotel (in the Supershuttle) was a nice drive along the harbor.  I passed the USS Midway Aircraft carrier museum.  I have never toured a carrier and hope to get there before I leave. My hotel was The Horton Grand Hotel ...

... as much as you can do.  This was evident as we chose to stop almost immediately at the harbour to visit the USS Midway aircraft carrier museum.  The aircraft carrier was the flagship for the USA when war broke out against Iraq.  We were on ...

... out into the city and had a walk around the old Gas Lamp Quarter. We walk along the Embarcadero towards the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum. Andrea and the girls spent some time shopping in the city and Jeffrey went and did a tour of the USS Midway. ...