San Diego

Feb 7-9, 2020
UA1236 IAH-LAX, UA2099 SAN-IAH

We always enjoy our time in Southern California, and San Diego is one of my favourite cities in the US, so a February weekend getaway was definitely in order. Tom made his way from Toronto shortly after I arrived from Houston, and we spent our first night staying near the airport.

Feb 8

Before picking up the rental car and heading South to explore San Diego, we spent a little bit of time walking around LAX. For a city that is built for cars, LAX is one of the few airports that you can actually easily walk from any number of hotels directly to the terminals.

The old control tower view as you enter LAX grounds

The iconic Theme Building has been central to LAX since 1961

The new, higher, modern control tower

View of San Diego Harbor from our hotel room

Checking out the planes as we walk back from the airport having dropped off the rental car

Southwest on approach

Walking back along the harbour on a beautiful February day

San Diego 1936 Administrative Building’s typical Spanish Revival style common to the area

The Soviet-era diesel attack submarine B-39, that’s seen better times

Tourists ready to get soaked

Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter at the USS Midway Museum

Waterfront eatery outside our hotel

It’s a nice day to fly a kite

The Flame of Friendship sculpture outside the Convention Center at the marina

After a long day and a lot of walking, we settled in our hotel for the evening.

Feb 9

After breakfast at the hotel, we set out on foot to explore more of downtown San Diego. My last trip to San Diego had been for a work conference in 2019, so I was covering similar ground, but it was nice to bring Tom around to parts of San Diego we hadn’t explored for a number of years.

International sign language statue outside of the Children’s museum

Entrance to the Gaslamp district, quiet on Sunday morning

Typical architecture for the Gaslamp

US Grant hotel from Horton Plaza Park

Capturing some flowers in bloom

1914 Santa Fe Depot historic railway station

After getting back to the hotel, we made our way to the airport for our respective flights home to Houston and Toronto.