Our 31st Anniversary

I suppose you're expecting to find a picture of us, since it was our anniversary. Sorry to disappoint you. We were too busy enjoying the weekend to ask someone to take one of us! I wish I had thought of it. Oh well -- we DO have some nice pictures of San Diego, which I thought I would share with you! We spent our honeymoon in San Diego, way back when, and decided that one of the things we would do to celebrate this year is to go back to the WONDERFUL Italian restaurant we ate at during our honeymoon. I wish I had a picture of it. :-) Anyway...if you are ever in San Diego, try Filippi's Pizza Grotto on India Street. It is a deli too, and the line to get a table winds around the cheese, the pasta, the olive oil, and the salami. SO GOOD. Be sure to order the lasagna, it's FABULOUS!!! We also took a harbor cruise, and took some great pictures while we were on the ship! How about that? The harbor cruise went past the naval shipyard, which is home to the United States Pacific fleet. Mike LOVED that part! Of course, it holds some interest for me as well; my dad served on the USS Boxer, CV21, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier during WW2. I found out that she was decomissioned in 1969 and scrapped for her metal. Kind of sad, I think.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from our weekend:

A picture of the city and the USS Midway, which is now a maritime museum:

Below you'll find the USS Ronald Reagan (nuclear aircraft carrier), and another view of it's flight deck:Here is a Los Angeles class "fast attack" nuclear submarine, lounging around in the water at the submarine base on Point Loma:We passed some friendly seals and some hungry looking pelicans along the way.

Here is a closing shot of the Star of India docked in the harbor. She was built in 1863 and is the first sailing ship to have a metal hull. She is still an active ship, making trips to celebrate her birthday each year. She is part of the Maritime Museum along with the Midway.