Snapshots of California

15 Dec

Over the last couple of months we’ve been doing a lot of travelling between San Diego and Seattle and trying to enjoy playing tourist as much as possible before going back to work. We had fun entertaining family and friends visiting us on Bella Marina, went camping in the Olympics, enjoyed the delights of Napa Valley, immersed ourselves in the black hole of communication and pastry heaven called San Francisco, and played beach bums in San Diego.

Another beautiful summer, errr, I mean winter evening in San Diego. This is the view from Pier 32, where Bella Marina is berthed.

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The Coronados in the distance. Yep, that’s Mexico folks.

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USS Midway

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Lots and lots of cars and traffic everywhere

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San Diego is a sailors town

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Yep, it’s apparently that simple…

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View from the upper deck of USS Midway

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Getting ready for the XMass boat parade

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Ok, technically, this picture is in Seattle…

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Napa yumm yumm. Or rather glug glug…

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