San Diego: Day 4 - Back to Coronado Island

I had a pretty lazy day today. That's what holidays are for, right? Hilary went to the conference this morning and came back with glowing reports of the sessions she attended. Some really interesting work was reported, but , like all conferences, some presentations are more 'special' than others. In the meantime, I took part of the morning to get caught up on my correspondence. Hilary joined me at noon bringing box lunches from the conference with her. We then went out to the pool and had a very leisurely lunch in the sun. The afternoon? I did some reading, then a great session in the state of the art, air-conditioned gym that is here at the Hyatt. It's really the only way to get some exercise here in sunny California without risk of heat exhaustion.

Hotel lobby of the Grand Hyatt-->

The afternoon was really lovely from a sight-seeing perspective. We joined Hilary's colleagues, Paula and Benjamin, for dinner, returning to Coronado Island and the Italian restaurant that Hilary and I went to a couple of nights ago. It was well worth returning - the service, food and beautiful view of San Diego harbour were very enjoyable.

<--Hilary, me, Paula and Benjamin on the ferry to Coronado Island





Along the way from the ferry dock on Coronado Island to the restaurant, we passed by a number of interesting shops in a village designed for tourist visitors.

Hilary at the dock on Coronado Island-->

Once you get over the fact that, yes, we really are tourists, it was really quite fun to explore. I refused to take home anything from the Rubber Ducky shop, though!

A brilliant sunset on the Island-->

We returned via a little ferry from Coronado Island, passing through the now dark harbour and past the aircraft carrier Midway, now lit with red white and blue lights, which I had visited yesterday.

The Midway at night-->

It was a great day. Tomorrow is our last full day in San Diego before we return to Vancouver. The week is going by so quickly!