Autumn Pictures

Water dripping towards the Pacific.

A cloudy day on Coronado.

Pause for inspiration.

Sunset on Coronado Beach.

On and Around San Diego Bay

Our Navy is always on the job.

The kiss at the end of WWII.

Three shots from downtown San Diego.

 Down along the waterfront.

This day, three carriers were in port.

Boatloads of tourists.

Our apartment complex.

We are complex as well.

Summertime

We are spending more and more time in San Diego. I guess that I finally realize that although I think I have a rural soul, I more or less have an urban mind. It's the same old story told for thousands of years.....

This was very impressive.

As was this one.  Lots of work.

One of our Carriers in the center.

This is exactly how I ride the wind.

Part of our daily walk.

Ferry to Coronado Island

A video I shot going across San Diego Bay to Coronado Island in June after a baseball game at Petco Park (my Orioles beat my Padres, BTW).

Around Coronado

Just a few random photos we've taken recently on Avie's IPhone. Such an amazing gadget.

I seem to never tire of walking around Coronado. Quite a place.

The San Diego Parade of Lights - Christmas 2009

December 13 was the running of San Diego's 38th Annual Parade of Lights, featuring a wide variety of boats splendidly decorated for the holiday season. The parade also will run again this evening, December 20.

The route winds its way around San Diego Bay, beginning at Shelter Island and ending at the old Ferry dock at Coronado.

There is little else for me to comment on here, so enjoy this distinctly California tradition.

Always good to see a dedicated Chargers fan. I like to root for the Buffalo Bills, but the Chargers are much better and are, I think, a team to be feared this year.

Some of these pictures may be a bit fuzzy, but night photography is not my forte.

Rockin' around the Christmas tree.

The Dole Pineapple ship loading in port in the background.

Have a holly jolly Christmas.

Making the turn at the Coronado bridge and heading for the finish.

San Diego at Night and at Dawn

Avie and I have been spending more and more time in San Diego, well - because we like it. A lot. This blog might have to be renamed to Slims Bay Blues Blog or something like that.

Here I am playing with some night time exposures, with some success. There is a Christmas tree in here somewhere if you look carefully.

Nearly a full moon.

Looking east at sunrise over the bridge.

Encore.

My kinda town. And the Chargers are doing well, too. Life is great.

On and Off the Water

One of the Dole Banana ships in port. Each year, half a million tons of fruit enter the Port of San Diego. My observation is that one ship a week leaves for the trip back to Central America - each Tuesday evening.

Heading back into the Naval Base.

On the Cabrillo, the ferry between Coronado and San Diego.

The U.S.S. Midway - now a museum.

The Santa Fe passenger depot downtown.

Looking up.

The U.S.S. Makin Island coming into port.