Back to the bay

We spent the entire day down at the San Diego Bay area where we did a tour of the USS Midway, took a 2 hour bay tour, and visited the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Again, the weather was nearly perfect, except for a little haze that made some of the long range view and pictures a little hazy. We were amazed at the size of the Midway. We were up and down all kinds of stars all over the ship. The flight deck contains many aircraft that would have been used on this ship. It was put out of commission in 1992 and they have made it into a very interesting tourist attraction.
To see the bay area we took one of the bay tours. Some pictures are included below. There is much naval activity in the bay area including major re-furbishing of ships. The USS Ronald Reagan which is a nuclear carrier was docked across the bay for re-furbishing.
Tomorrow we end our visit to San Diego and head north to visit Wilma and Bruce in Burbank. We are looking forward to visiting them and Wilma has even offered to let us have a change of pace by working in her rose garden. We are ready for that change after all the tourist activities.

Flight deck of the USS Midway

Looking back at the city and the Midway from our bay tour boat.

Another bay side view of the Midway from our tour boat.

This is the USS Ronald Reagan in port for refurbishing. They say they only have to fuel the nuclear ship about once every 22 years.

This is the bay view of ships in the Maritime Museum. From right to left you see the Star of India (red under side), HMS Surprise (as seen in Russel Crow movie), and the B-39 Soviet submarine (just the end).

Rigging of the Star of India

In doing the tour of the B-39, you had to crawl through several portals as shown in this picture.