San Diego

San Diego Harbor from our dinner venue
at Mitch's Seafood, my first evening
in San Diego.

 Thanks to cheap airfares, it was easy to travel to and from California for visits with Jada.  These visits prove to be wonderful in terms of enjoying a great friendship and visiting numerous travel venues.  While Frontier is a lousy airline by many measures (no comfort, passengers are cattle, almost no human employees, poor schedule adherence, etc.) they are low cost and I haven't died on their equipment.  And I have been able to travel more often and to more destinations than otherwise possible.  Unfortunately, due to a number of negative changes to their website, destination cities and pass purchase terms, I will not renew my pass for the future. 

All the best photos are by Jada.

A nice thing about Frontier are the fun animal photos
featured on each plane.  My plane from Indy is the flamingo.
The neighboring jet sports an eagle.

The equipment to San Diego has "Shelly"
on the wing and tail.

Jada took me to Point Loma and the
Cabrillo National Monument,
all new-to-me.

The original lighthouse is on the highest point.
It seems that at this elevation the light was above
sailors' line of sight and/or the fog.  The new
lighthouse is now only a few hundred feet
above sea level.  Yet the views from the old 
lighthouse are tremendous. 

The old lighthouse fresnel lens.

San Diego Harbor from Point Loma.

In the late 1990s Murph presented at a
trade show hosted here, at the
Hotel del Coronado.

While still a beautiful hotel, costs of modern life in California
have moved access to this hotel out of reach of
most Americans.

We found this interesting brew house that is
apparently owned by women.  It was very nice, great beer
and quite welcoming.

Jada found this fun shop which sold a
huge variety of art and crafts.

Balboa Park is beautiful with a
wonderful variety of flora and
various venues.

Our last day in San Diego we enjoyed a wonderful time
with a high school friend of Jada's who
now calls San Diego "home."
Then the two of us enjoyed a ball game.