Fine weekend for us. Donette had been in Orange County all week working, and I met her there Friday morning for a little mini-vacation. We were headed for San Diego, but my Aunt and Uncle live about 1/2-way there so we stopped in for a visit at their house, which we’d never seen before. We had a great lunch and did some catching up, then headed on our way to San Diego.
The rest of the weekend was sight-seeing and general touristy stuff. It went by a little too fast, I think we’ll be back in the not-too-distant future to check out more of the sights. I’ve got a lot of pictures from the trip but I’ll spare you all of them; Here’s some of what I thought were the best. It maddens me that they’re all out of order, but apparently not enough to figure out how to fix it. Most are of breweries, and the USS Midway museum, which was really about all we had time for.
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- This was Ballast Point Brewing, our first stop on Saturday. Great place but it right in the flight path to the airport… A little noisy
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- Statue of Bob Hope at the park by our hotel
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- Bolt Brewing, my favorite of the weekend.
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- While we enjoyed our trip, the dogsitters kept us up to date with the latest destruction. The white fluff in the background is the remnants of the latest throw-pillow casualty. As you can see from his tail, he’s pretty proud of his accomplishment.
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- Below deck on the USS Midway. When I grow up and get a job as a ship designer, I’m gonna make these passageways a little more practical.
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- Selfie on the flight deck.
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- The helicopters on display
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- We had a great view from our hotel room
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- Huey gunship on the USS Midway
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- These jet fighters are really not very big
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- Picture with my Aunt & Uncle we visited
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- Mission Brewing. Awesome building.
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- A delicious bowl of mussels at Ballast Point
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- For just being decommissioned in the mid-90’s, the tech on the USS Midway was amazing old.
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- Old prop plane in the hangar level
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- Stone Brewing. This place was like 1/2 brewery, 1/2 botanical garden.
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- Another pic at Stone.
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- Donette kicked back at Stone.