70 degrees with 85% humidity, hazy skies...feels a little like the Ozarks
"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but they're always there." ~ Anonymous
Today our dear friends Kristy and Dave, with whom we sailed on the Viking Star earlier this year, drove down to meet us in San Diego for lunch and a little catching up. They are always such fun!
They picked us up at the pier and we drove down to The Fish Market, a great sea food place right next to where the USS Midway is berthed. We snapped some photos of the over-sized iconic statue of the returning sailor laying a lip-lock on a nurse
Then we wandered through the statue garden honoring Bob Hope. Along with the great comedian, there was a bronze audience of other statues from all branches of service. One was holding a sign that read:
Thanks for the Memories!
We passed a good time over our seafood and then headed for a short drive to Point Loma and the Cabrillo National Monument. This was a bittersweet drive for Kristy because she used to help her mom, who was a teacher and is gone now, take her classes on field trips to the area. They'd visit the historic lighthouse and the statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who, in 1542. became the first European to set foot on the western coast of what's now the US.
The Point offers expansive views of downtown San Diego and even as far as the port where the Eurodam is docked. Unfortunately, today with the lowering skies and haze, the view was not as spectacular as Kristy assured me it is, but I cannot begrudge southern California moisture in any form. A little mist and humidity is good for all the green, growing things and will cut down on their fire danger if the Santa Ana winds kick up.
It was hard to say goodbye, but I have every hope of seeing Kristy and Dave again! In 2024 around the time of the solar eclipse, if not sooner.
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| No, you're not seeing things. That harbor cruising pleasure craft actually has a couple of Kraken arms snaking up the masts! |
Today is a turn around day, with some passengers disembarking and new ones arriving on the ship. And, as I feared, our captain just came over the intercom to tell everyone we have to wear masks on the ship for the rest of the cruise!
OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION!
Honestly, if cruisers were cautious people we'd all be sitting at home studying our own navels.
And that's all I have to say about that...for now.
It stinks the cruise you planned on, mask free, has become a masked cruise. I know you will still find pleasure on the trip but this has caused me to cross off Eurodam as a cruise line we will use. I began following you on the WC and will continue to do so. Be blessed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. I hate to think you'll cross off Holland America based on my experience. We've always enjoyed the line before these few days. But stay tuned. There's been a new development I'm happy to share in another post!
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