We continued with the North Harbor tour.
The control tower for the United States Navy Airbase.
The Hotel Coronado is to the right.
Dolphins were playing in the bay.
Undersea Rescue Command Building.
Point Loma lighthouse in this view.
There is always plenty during any harbor tour.
Helicopters espied on the tarmac.
A closed runway which is signified by the big 'X'.
The US Navy Helicopter Base in San Diego.
Looking toward downtown.
Helicopters awaiting their next assignments.
Battleship row was once here in San Diego.
A helicopter hangar.
This building lets you know that this is a United States Navy Base.
Downtown San Diego is ahead of our vessel.
United States Navy Ship Howard O. Lorenzen Instrumentation Ship T-AGM-25.
Fly Navy.
U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier CVN-71.
U.S.S. Midway on display.
Coronado Bay bridge.
The U.S.S. Midway again.
Heading back to the dock.
Another view of the classic car show. The boat returned to the dock to drop off passengers and acquire new ones before we headed south into the harbor.
The U.S.S. Midway from a different angle.
Seaport Village.
Coronado Bay bridge.
U.S.S. Midway on display.
Coronado.
San Diego.
United States Navy Base and U.S.S Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier CVN-71.
Looking back from where we came.
San Diego Convention Center.
Downtown San Diego.
A pleasure boat was chasing us.
USN 5 Trenton Spearhead Class Expeditionary Fast Transport.
Downtown San Diego skyline.
Ocean clean-up vessel.
The Coronado bridge.
United States Navy Benford Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer DDG-65 and USS Arleigh O'Kane Burke Class Destroyer DDG-77.
Auto rack railroad cars in this picture.
DDG-65, DDG-77 and the Coronado Bay bridge.
Harbor activities.
The Coronado Bay bridge had to be over two miles long to acquire the funding to build it, so the curve was added to make it the required length.
Two naval boats in dry dock at the San Diego Navy Base, home of the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy.
United States Navy Michael Monsoor Zumwalt Class Destroyer DDG-1001 and USN Sterett Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer DDG-104.
United States Navy boats in the San Diego Harbor.
The Strand between the mainland and Coronado Island.
The south end of Coronado Island.
The Matson Lurline vessel in dry dock.
United States Navy Mercy Class Hospital Ship T-AH-19.
USN Cowpens Ticonderoga Cruiser CG 63 and Mercey Class Hospital Ship T-AH-19.
More naval ships at docks at the San Diego Navy Base.
The Coronado Bay Bridge.
United States Navy Salvor Safeguard Class Salvage Ship T-AKS-52 and U.S.S. Comstock Whitney Island Class Dock Landing Ship LSD-45.
More of the United States Navy fleet.
United States Navy Zumwalt Zumwalt Class Destroyer DDG-1000 and U.S.S Scout Avenger Mine Countermeasure Ship MCM 8.
The two of us were surprised at the large number of naval vessels here.
A boat unloading automobiles at the National City dock which would be transferred onto railroad cars for their trip to market.
U.S.S Scout Avenger Mine Countermeasure Ship MCM 8.
Looking toward Mexico and the south end of the San Diego Bay.
Yet more naval vessels.
The Coronado Bay bridge.
Lookng west to Point Loma.
Lookng west to the Strand.
Mexico is on that ridge to the south. It had been a great harbor tour of San Diego Harbor and Chris and I really enjoyed our journey on the cruise this morning. If you are ever in San Diego this is a must-do; be sure to take the complete tour.
The rest of the day in San DiegoChris just missed the Coaster by a few minutes so I got him a day Trolley Pass and we decided just to ride a short version of the system. We took the Green Line out through Mission Valley and we saw a window to ride back to San Diego so we got off at Amaya Drive station and waited for an Orange Line trolley back to 12th and Imperial station.
An Orange Line trolley heading east came through the Amaya Drive station. We boarded the next trolley to take us to 12th and Imperial station where we would take the Silver Line Historic PCC around down town San Diego.
A Blue Line train for San Ysirdo arrived and a few minutes later, the PCC car came into view.
PCC Car 529 entered the station and we boarded the car and enjoyed our historic ride around San Diego. This line started in 2005 using PCC cars which were formerly used by the San Diego Electric Railway, San Diego's former transit service, in the 1930s and 40s. Between 2005 and 2010, MTS acquired six PCC streetcars formerly used in San Francisco and Philadelphia, and would partner with the San Diego Historic Streetcar Society to educate the public of the history of the San Diego Electric Railway and to help restore these streetcars.
We then rode the Blue Line to San Ysidro where we paid a quarter to use the restroom at the food court before re-boarding the same Green Line trolley for a ride to E Street.
San Diego & Imperial Valley Railroad 3GS21B 701 at San Ysirdo. At E Street, we detrained and walked to the Black Angus where first we had to wait for thirty minutes to be seated then a further forty-five minutes for no food. Since we had to take the train back, we had no choice but to leave. Neither of us were very happy about the outcome. We returned to the E Street station and waited for twelve minutes before the next Blue Line trolley took us back to American Plaza. We walked back to the National Forum but stopped for a pair of pictures.
Pacific Surfliner 591 our ride back to Los Angeles this evening.
The National Forum awaits its passengers. I boarded the train and Chris and I talked with the couple across the aisle which lasted for most of the trip back to Santa Ana, were they both detrained.
Before that occurred, a view of the Pacific Ocean on the way back to Los Angeles. It had been a great trip aboard the National Forum and I was really glad that Chris and I had done it together. We arrived at LAUPT and I said my goodbyes before paying for parking then drove home via the 710 and 91 freeways to home. I was in bed by 11:00 PM, ending a fantastic day in San Diego.
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