Blogs from Coronado, San Diego, California, United States, North America

22 septembre 2018 : C'est le grand jour pour Daniel et Christine, sa fiancée. La cérémonie du mariage se déroule au bord de l'océan dans un cadre magnifique et d'une façon typiquement américaine. Après le cérémonie nous allons manger dans un restaurant situé au quinzième étage d'une tour. Nous dominons un stade de base-ball dans lequel a lieu un concert des Eagles. Les deux musiques, celle du concert et celle du mariage se mélangent et nous avons droit sur la terrasse à une cacophonie mémorable. De plus, le repas n'a vraiment rien d'exceptionnel et nous avons droit à différents discours et vœux qui se veulent plus drôles les uns que les autres. C'était quand même une journée très sympatique.... read more

A few words about California is a strange way to begin a blog about a trip to the Canadian maritime provinces and New England. But Joe and I have decided that our late summer adventure starts here at the Pacific Ocean and if all goes as planned will take us to the Atlantic. We are taking a few days to repack in Prescott. We were in San Diego staying at Joe's mom's little beach house for ten days. The days here follow a pleasant pattern. Joe takes long bike rides in the morning and boogie boards in the afternoon. I take walks in the morning and sometimes I bike with Joe. My afternoons are spent reading on the beach or exploring the nearby shops. In the evenings we walk to a restaurant to eat seafood or ... read more

December 7 My flight was early, leaving at 7:20 AM. With the time zone change, I got back to Tampa at 6:00 PM after transferring in Detroit. The flights were uneventful and all on time. I got my car which I had left in the long-term parking. It only took me an hour to get from the airport to home . It was a very good, but short, trip.... read more

December 4 When I woke up I saw the beauty of my location. The name of the hotel, Holiday Inn on the Bay, was very accurate. Across the street was a cruise ship pier, the Maritime Museum, the USS Midway Museum, the Coronado ferry, dinner cruise boats and the beautiful views! It was a beautiful day. I had breakfast in the hotel restaurant. After breakfast, I walked outside and went to the Maritime Museum just across the street. The Star of India was the featured ship at the museum but there were many interesting ships on display. The Star of India, which is one of the oldest active sailing ships in the world, was my favorite, the Berkeley, a historic steam ferry, the Medea, a steam yacht, a Soviet submarine, the USS Dolphin, another submarine, and ... read more

All that fresh air must have had some weird homeopathic affect on our AC Unit because the minute we departed Yosemite National Park it all but lost its mojo. Even though we would be selling the car within a month, we only seriously pondered the option of living without AC for about five minutes before we were once again beholden to civilizations accesses and had it repaired; meaning we were able to retain the essence of Yosemite’s breeze whilst charging though the scorching heat of southern California. Jennifer took it to a mechanic in Merced who topped it up with Freon™, which for those of you who aren’t in the business, or nerdy enough to have researched it, is the long time brand name of something called chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). Meanwhile, whilst this flagrant act of wanton ... read more