Tanner and Allison chill out in the waterfall
Yesterday, we packed up the car for a day in San Diego. Our 1st stop was a tour of SDSU where Matt, Dave and I all went to school. Dave hadn't seen the campus for a while and he was amazed by all of the changes. Not only did we miss out on the new Love Library and Student Activity Center, they have also added an incredible Aquatic Center and Tennis Pavilion. All of my old nutrition buildings have been torn down and replaced by beautiful architecture and our old cafeteria is now filled with many of the chain restaurants that we eat at today. Sure isn't the same meal plan I was used to!
Then it was off to the USS Midway docked in San Diego Harbor. Our family has done this tour before, but enjoyed it for a 2nd time.
I couldn't get over the tight sleeping quarters. 9 men slept in a room no bigger than my walk in closet. The ceilings were so low and walkways were so narrow, but the enormity of the ship was quite amazing. We struggled through the interior part of the ship because the ventilation is horrible and it was a very hot day. We were glowing, sticky messes by the time we made it to the flight deck.
Taylor gave us a thumbs up from the cockpit.
Here is a view from the flight deck. The girls loved looking at the Coronado Bridge and Seaport Village.
Our neighbors, Chip and Teresa, boarded the Carnival Elation yesterday so we called them from the flight deck to see where they were. They were able to spot us and we waved to them before they set sail. The kids got quite a kick out of that.
As if we hadn't packed enough in, we continued our day with dinner at Old Spaghetti Factory in the Gaslamp and walked over to Petco Park for a night game. The kids had fun playing tag in the grass before going to our seats.
Dave got us these great seats in outfield. We were hoping a left handed batter would shoot a home run right to us. There were 3 homeruns, but none of them made it to our section.
Our social butterfly (on the far right) joined the Pad Squad for the 7th inning stretch. She led the section in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and chants of "Let's Go Padres". I love her enthusiasm. We left in the 9th with the Pads down 3-2 to the Marlins, but these kids were wiped. We had them in bed by 11:15 and hope they sleep in late this morning.
