1/23

Easy to figure out why San Diego is so popular: lots of sun, balmy temps, and light breezes. Fri we took a 2-hour boat tour of the harbor. Lots of military ships and helicopters - mostly Navy and some Coast Guard. Also some cruise ships, including the one that caught fire and was dead in the water a few months back. Tugs towed her into this port, and Fri she was being towed back out, on the way to San Francisco. We were told that it was a 10-minute walk from our hotel to the tour boat. Sat, someone confirmed what I thought: distance is over a mile. Do you know how long it has been since I have done a 10-minute mile? We took a bike taxi back to the hotel. That kid earned his money! Sat we took the trolley tour around the city. Hi-lite was a trip across the bridge to Coronado, with a stop at the Hotel Del Coronado, where parts of "Some Like It Hot" were filmed. Nice lunch on the veranda overlooking the ocean. Today J wants to visit (you guessed it!!) more museums. I have done enough walking for a while and will rest my aching knees. Tomorrow (Monday) we leave and head back east. Will visit Las Cruces and Albuquerque, then on to Austin before stopping over in Houston for Emily's birthday (Mar 3).