Amazing Transit… X2
Two times through the Panama Canal in 21 days aboard the amazing Azamara Journey.
Category: Cruising
All things related to cruising the high seas
Maker Faire, 2015…
If you have never made it to Maker Faire, you have missed a good one! October 3rd and 4th San Diego’s Balboa Park featured the event, and how could you not love a fire-breathing giant robot? Cupcake cars? Battle Pond? …
Miramar Air Show… 2015
One of the best free shows in town. The 2015 Miramar Air Show was spectacular and then some! Noise, jets, helos, food, a Marine Band, and more. And here are some photos of the Sunday morning (10/4/15) show that was …
Azamara’s cool new 3D app
This is a way cool app (as we say in SoCal)! You get to experience the Azamara Journey like you were on-board. We had the chance to sail through the Canal on the Journey last Spring and will again next …
Panama Canal Third Lane… Cocoli Locks
It looks like major progress on the Panama Canal new expanded lane, and all is on schedule for the April 2016 opening. Here is a video of the flooding of Cocoli Locks on the Panama City side of the canal.
Surfing San Diego
Another day at the beach and surfing at La Jolla Shores. The day was overcast, but warm enough to enjoy a day in the water. As you can see the wave are little two footers, but that didn’t stop the …
Bikes and cars…
Looking for some hot rides… 2 and 4 wheel? Look no more since the Automotive Museum in Balboa Park (San Diego) is full of rides that none of us can afford, but we can still look and dream.
Car Show by the bay
San Diego is always full of surprises… especially if you don’t read the local news. Comic-con was last week but that news was on the tellie. On our normal bayside urban hike we discovered a car show, that was not …
Panama City and San Diego now sisters!
Well now it is official… Panama City and San Diego are sister cities. Both cities have been tied together with over one hundred years of shared histories, but now with a sister city agreement, the twins have made it official. …
Knotts Berry…
There are many fun things to do in SoCal, and one and a half hours from San Diego is Knott’s Berry Farm. And it is one fun place! Knotts started out as a Berry Farm, and thus the name, but …
Comic-con!… enough said
Yes, Comic-con is in town… in the heart of San Diego the convention/event typifies why people move to SoCal, or don’t. It is truly a get your geek on event and costumes are welcome. So break out your Trekie gear, …
What’s in a name?
The new locks that are part of the Panama Canal expansion project do have a name… Aqua Fria, in the north, and Cocoli, in the south. The existing locks, Gatun, Piedro Miguel, and Miraflores, were named for the towns that …