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We will be staying at the
Hampton Inn San Diego Downtown Hotel.
Check out the hotel and amenities on this
link! I also suggested a cruise to the tip of Baja along with the trip to San Diego as she had never been on a cruise ship. I made reservations on July 29th with a travel agent named Paru at 1.800.797.4635 Ext: 148. She was very helpful and suggested she give us a room close to the elevator as my sister uses a cane to get around. The room is on the Riviera Deck - 201
by the elevator for easy access to the decks and my Booking Code is 14LK69!
We will have the early dinner at 6:30 p.m. and there will be a buffet at
midnight on the pool deck.
The ship
leaves San Diego at 4:00 p.m. and she said we can get there around 1:00
p.m. to settle in and then go on deck as we sail out of San Diego and on
to Cabo San Lucas. A buffet will be set up for us as we leave the
harbor and out into the Pacific Ocean! Our
documentation for the cruise may be accessed on this link.
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We visited the Cemetery where my sister's husband is buried.
Then off to the hotel and my sister took Valerie and me to dinner at Little Italy near our hotel. Fantastic food!
San Francisco to San Diego
Southwest - San Francisco to San Diego
Flying into the San Diego Airport through downtown!
San Diego Military Cemetary
Valerie and Yvonne
My
sister's husband Ken is buried here over looking the Pacific Ocean
San Diego's Little Italy
Little Italy
Valerie and Chuck and good wines - Dinner courtesy of my 'Favorite'
sister!
We also took a bus tour around the zoo and then took a taxi back to the air conditioned hotel for a nice cool drink and some cards!
Another friend, Alina was nice and drove us to Coronado Island and there we visited the world famous Hotel Del Coronado and later had dinner at a restaurant with great food and wine!
San Diego Zoo
Off
to the zoo!
Wart
Hogs - so cute!
Flamingos
The
wise owl!
Endangered Parrot
Go
fish!
Sis
on the gondola ride!
San
Diego view from the gondola!
Hotel Del Coronado - Dinner at the Brigantine Seafood Restaurant
Hotel
Del Coronado
Famous Lobby
Great
Out Door Dining
Yvonne and Alina
Great
Seafood across from the Hotel Del Coronado!
Alina
treated us to a great dinner!
It is ahuge ship and the volunteers are great and the ship has been renovated. Not a spot of dirt any place.
Then we took a bicycle rickshaw back to our hotel and played cards!
Midway Aircraft Carrier
Midway Refurbished!
We
loved this 'yellow' plane!
Jets
Helicopters
September 30, 2009
We decided today to take a boat tour of the south and north bay of San Diego. We saw many huge carriers and some of the newest ships just built for the Navy.
Some were stealth built and others had new engines that saved fuel over their life span.
We took another rickshaw back to the hotel, this time it cost a lot less and it was a lot of fun!
Lord Hornblower Boat Tour of San Diego Bay
Lord
Hornblower
Cruising past aircraft carriers
Chuck
and the City
Tall
buildings only 40 stories due to the airport being downtown!
Red
Cross First Aide Ship
We
took a bicycle rickshaw back to the hotel!
There will be a buffet and drinks for the departure out of the harbor at four P.M.
We had a nice lunch and then found a bottle of champagne in our room from our good friend Patti and a huge silver platter of snacks! Then we dressed for dinner in our best. Well the first night was casual so we decidednot to dress the next night but heard it was the captains dinner so we dressed up again!
Boarding the Carnival Cruise Line Elation to Cabo San Lucas
Everything was done by a computer card
The
Elation!
Getting ready to Sail
I am
ready!
Enjoying coffee!
And a
cigarette!
Lots of rain and the ship swayed back and forth due to the heavy winds and one third of the guests were sea sick! Not us!
We again had a nice dinner but half of our table was missing due to sea sickness!
A Day of Sailing and a Big Storm!
Early
morning as we cruised to Cabo San Lucas
Later we found out that the people that were still shopping on shore were caught in a terrible rain stormand almost couldn't get back onto the ship as the tenders were rocking up and down so far. They said the women were screaming as the tender shifted up and down about four feet each way! At that time we were napping so missed out on all the 'fun'
That night I went to a hypnotist show that was great!
Boat Tour to the Rock Formations
Cabo
San Lucas - Oceanus took us on a tour of the rocky point!
After
a rainy evening the sun came out and the view was great!
We
saw a huge cave plus the beautiful beaches.
The
famous arch!
Here
we are cruising back to the Cabo San Lucas harbor.
Lunch on the Beach - Back to the Ship!
Beach
Front Hotel
Luncheon on the Beach and Beer!
The
Elation off shore.
A
tender coming to shore to pick us up.
Edging to the staircase.
Ready
to catch us as we jumped onto the docking area.
A
huge storm hit as soon as we left and this is what the point looked like
at five o'clock!
We met two women from Phoenix the day before and became friends.
We invited them to a champagne cocktail hour and had a great time. They told us they both went to the art auction, unaware the other one was there. Tina bid on a painting, $495.00. Reigh thought it was a great painting and then realized it was her partner bidding. Reigh did win over $500.00 so I said they actually made out, the painting was free!
Later we decided not to go to the dining room and had a snack on the top deck and relaxed and watched the waves from the stern of the ship.
Cocktail Party on the Way Home
My
friend Patti sent us snacks and of course, Champagne!
Check
it out!
New
Friends from Phoenix, Tina, Sis (Tucson) and Reigh!
Chuck, Yvonne and Reigh!
Ready
to drink!
Last
night as the ship sails back to San Diego!
The two women from Phoenix were kind and gave us a ride to the airport as they drove from Phoenix.
So off to our flights back to San Francisco and Tucson.
So all in all, an interesting trip needless to say!
Disembarked and Flights Back to San Francisco and Tucson.
From
the Pacific into the North Harbor of San Diego in the early morning!
Pulling into the dock!
Time
to depart and board our plane back home!
Chuck's View from the 28th Floor in San Francisco
September 27, 2009:
Chuck flies in from San Francisco and Yvonne from Tucson on Southwest to San Diego to be picked up by a friend, Valerie.
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September 28, 2009:
We want to visit the world famous San Diego zoo today. It was very hot, around 90 degrees or so and humid, not too happy for the animals as many just stayed inside. We took the gondola over the park and could view the entire zoo and San Diego along with a cool breeze.
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September 29, 2009:
We visited the Midway Aircraft Carrier today.
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October 01, 2009:
Today we left the hotel and go to the Carnival Cruise Line and boarded the Elation for a four day cruise to Cabo San Lucas.
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October 02, 2009:
Today is afull day of cruising the Pacific and relaxing.
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October 03, 2009:
We arrive in Cabo San Lucas and debark at nine A.M. on a tender. It had been cloudy and raining but we were lucky, the sun came out! We sailed to the end of the famous rock formations and then went for a nice lunch at a beach hotel. Then back to the ship.
October 04, 2009:
This will be another day of sailing the Pacific and relaxing. It started to rain again and the ship was swaying slightly.
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October 05, 2009:
And on the last day we disembarked and went through customs that only took about ten minutes!
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Created on: 2009.10.07
Updated on: 2020.10.06
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