Tuesday morning Carden slept till 9.30am YAHOO!! and Jeff and I had a sleep in. At 10am we were sipping coffee in the cockpit pondering what to do today when John and Jan stopped by and said they were taking us out on their boat for a tour of the Bay. John and Jan are a lovely couple who have a 40ft Trojan powerboat on our dock.

We motored off Shelter Island and had a fantastic ride into the Bay, under the Coronado Bridge and docked at a Hotel where we went and had a wonderful lunch. Carden was on his best behaviour which made it even better. After lunch we motored around the hotel area. It is at the South end of the Bay (opposite Mexico) and there are beautiful dream homes built right on the waterfront, each with its own dock. or two. The whole neighbourhood is built on land fingers so its a gorgeous waterfront community. You can motor around the different inlets and stare at the houses for hours (which is exactly what we did).

Then we toured the East side of the Bay from the water and got close up to all the Navy ships and boatyards. John is a retired VP of Engineering for a boat building firm and it was cool to hear about the Mercy Military Hospital Ship that they built by converting an oil tanker. It it now the biggest hospital in North America with 1000 beds and it sits (empty right now) in the San Diego Bay. When it is active it has a medical team of 1000, a support team of 1000 and 25 crew. WOW.

We had a super day and its was nice to get out on the water again. Especially on someone elses boat. Especially on a boat that goes faster than 5 knots.