Some San Diego Photos

I took a bunch of photos during our train trip to San Diego today. Here are a few:

The Mrs. is being snuck up on by the Amtrak locomotive arriving at the Irvine Station. The train was surprisingly full for 8:22 in the morning, but we found two seats on the ocean side of the train.
Here's the San Clemente Pier as we roll by. The stretch between Capistrano Beach and South San Clemente is some of the prettiest on the trip.
At several spots along the route to San Diego the train runs along the coast. Here's Pacific Coast Highway south of the Leucadia area.
I took a shot of the old San Diego train station, complete with the Santa Fe sign that harkens back to the glory days of passenger rail service.
We tried another form of rail travel while we were down there. We took the San Diego Trolley to a couple of different spots around the city. It is a good way to go, but of course, the big downside of public transportation is that it works on their schedule, not yours. We found ourselves standing around for as much as 20 minutes a couple of times while we waited for the next train.
Here's Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, as shot from the window of the Orange Line Trolley.
We got off the trolley in the Gas Lamp Quarter and had lunch down there. The whole area is full of little bars and restaurants with a few shops thrown in. Since it's right by the Convention Center they probably do a pretty big business during the week. When I worked in San Diego back in 1978-1980 the whole area was sleazy retirement hotels, strip clubs and low rent bars that catered to the military crowd. They've really fixed the area up.
During the walk from Seaport Village back to the train station I grabbed a shot standing in front of the USS Midway, the former aircraft carrier turned floating museum.
Down the street from the Midway were three different cruise ships making port calls. The whole Seaport Village area was full of cruise passengers.
On the way back north I shot another photo of the passing beach scene south of Del Mar.

It was a fun day, though a little warm. Probably 80 degrees in the sun. Hardly seemed like January.