Day 16

Our San Diego stay was limited to one full day and there was quite a lot to do there. A round trip to SeaWorld, the Balboa Park, the Maritime Museum and the USS Midway takes only 18 miles from the Dolphin Motel where we stayed but it is impossible to see all of them in one day. We split and most of our group went to SeaWorld. Monica, Peter and I share our passion for boats, so we decided to do the Maritime and USS Midway museums. We arrived back to the Motel after 7PM which gives you idea of how ambitious it would be to discover San Diego in one day. Unfortunately we had only this much time to spend on the trip. The next day, which was the 17th we had to start riding back to Arizona. Anyway, the day in San Diego was superb. If you are not as interested in boats and maritime history as we were, probably you'd find the number of pictures excessive, but it was a special treat for us.


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Walking through the floors of this floating fortress is a really interesting experience.



Leave plenty of time for this visit. This thing is huge and there are so much to see on board from the prison to the captain's bridge.



The Maritime Museum has an eclectic collection of boats from all ages and size along with a nicely done exhibit aboard the old ferry.



This working 13th century schooner replica is one of the highlights of the museum.



You can explore the submarines inside as well. Not an ordinary experience, especially when you visit both the US and the Russian submarines. There are some very interesting differences.



As fun as it is to drive a submarine, you'd still miss the view.



The Russian sub is not for claustrophobic people. You have only this much space to get through the section locks. You'll see that Russian designers were not particularly focused on "user friendly" features.



The picture album of the day: