Oh yeah, come to think of it, bring a jacket. You won’t need a heavy coat but you will likely need a jacket of some sort early morning and the evening.
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Go to Coronado across the ribbon bridge. It's scary.

flashguy

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Oh yeah, come to think of it, bring a jacket. You won’t need a heavy coat but you will likely need a jacket of some sort early morning and the evening.
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This

High 50's when I get to work and low 70's when i leave. I work on NAS North Island which is on Coronado, and yes the view from the top of the bridge is awesome.

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^^^^ Copy Sharon, understood ^^^^

Young neighbors next door know Sharon quite well.

I hate to admit it, but the “Ms Sharon” references have gone right over my head. I need enlightenment!

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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Oh yeah, come to think of it, bring a jacket. You won’t need a heavy coat but you will likely need a jacket of some sort early morning and the evening.
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High 50's when I get to work and low 70's when i leave. I work on NAS North Island which is on Coronado, and yes the view from the top of the bridge is awesome.

Back in the 1960s when the bridge had just been built, there were no light poles in place. It was a sleek blue ribbon of steel, with no visible superstructure at all--the road surfaace was bounded by steel walls about 3 feet high, and the night lighting was by tubes installed just at the top edge of those walls. When you drove over the bridge, unless your car was very low, it didn't look as if there were anything to keep you from driving off the road. It made for a gorgeous structure--just this thin ribbon of blue steel supported every so often by piers high above the water. More than a few people were spooked by it. I think they changed the lighting to use poles above the deck to give at least the idea that there was something above the wall.


flashguy

If you have time to spare while stuck in 'Berdoo
I would take a drive up to Big Bear or cruise on out to Palm Springs. You could be in LA in short order too. Peterson Museum in Kool.

^^^^^^^^^^^^ Palm Springs Air Museum is a really good experience. Great facility, planes, WW2 and Cold War exhibits and history, more modern stuff including a F14, and much more.

The Docents were amazing and my favorite is a WW2 veteran pilot who flew DC3’s over The Hump into China. Fascinating stories! He still has and shows you his original WW2 leather flying jacket and his issued hand computer. His leather flight jacket has the silk lining with map, his originally issued hand computer is the wheel thing used to figure time and distance and fuel, etc. I think there are many names of this, you pilots know. Pilots Wheel? The man is amazing, I could listen for hours at the stories. I hope he’s still there and active. I asked him if he could still use the hand computer, he laughed and said I sure can.

I don’t care where you go, even the tiny towns, there is most likely a cool little museum that’s worth stopping in. I find them all interesting.

OP probably won’t have time to go to Palm Springs but someone else reading this thread might.

OP, have a safe and interesting trip, enjoy.
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Thanks all for the great advice on places to visit! Appreciate the advice on the weather, we're still in the 80's here so it would a big shift for me.

The convention is in San Diego and I've rented a car. I plan to visit family and friends that actually live in Redlands, not San Bernadino. But, plan to explore while I'm in that area too. Maybe I should go out and visit Dave Truong while I'm out that way...

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^^^^^^^^^^^^ Palm Springs Air Museum is a really good experience. Great facility, planes, WW2 and Cold War exhibits and history, more modern stuff including a F14, and much more.

Arguably, one of the finest air museums that's not run by the government. Palm Springs besides being a resort destination for Hollywood, was also a prime retirement destination of choice for a lot of the Greatest generation. That in-turn, resulted in quite a few senior military officers choosing the area to live out their golden years, many contributed their time and influence to make this museum one of the special ones in the country.

Julian is also a cool day trip. I get to SD twice a year and was stationed at North Island. I love hanging in Coronado.

Of all the places I got sent for work, the week I spent in San Diego was my favorite. I'd love to go back to play tourist for a week or so.

USS Midway is a really nice museum ship. One of my best friends served on her on multiple occasions in multiple capacities during his career, ending up as her Master at Arms. He got a huge kick out of me sending him photos of his old office.

Right down the pier from Midway is a nautical museum that has several cool things you can tour including a Soviet Foxtrot submarine. It's in ROUGH shape externally, but when you get inside it you get a feeling for just how unpleasant a job that must have been for the Soviet sailors. It manages to make US WW2 Gato boats seem downright luxurious. There are 7 ships there and I can't remember how much it cost, but it was ridiculously cheap.

Ships aren't your thing? San Diego Zoo is one of the most beautiful places I've been. Seriously. It's an amazing zoo. It's an all day visit that I tried to cram into 2 hours before it closed for the day. It's not laid out for a speed visit and IS rather expensive. That is somewhat offset by being the only place I visited that offered free parking. (Parking is high in San Diego).

I spent the entire week downtown, so I walked around the Gaslight District quite a bit. The food and bars were excellent. I can't remember the name of the place off hand, but there was an indoor/outdoor bar that had an amazing tequila selection and the best street tacos I've ever had. Their octopus tacos were phenomenal, and I HATE octopus. The waitress insisted I try them (I had many, many tacos over a couple of visits) and offered to pay for them herself if I didn't like them. I ordered a second batch.

There is also a burrito place near the airport that is set up with a Luchadore theme. Neat joint, and the food is pretty good too. It was on an episode of Man Vs Food once.


Bring a light jacket. I was there in June and it never got out of the low 60s and rained quite a bit.

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Julian is also a cool day trip. I get to SD twice a year and was stationed at North Island. I love hanging in Coronado.

And it’s apple pie season! Julian is famous for its apple pies.

Julian Pie Company
https://www.google.com/search?...=en-us&client=safari

Mom’s Pie House
https://www.google.com/search?...=en-us&client=safari

Apple Alley Bakery
https://www.google.com/search?...=en-us&client=safari

I like to take visitors on the trolley tour from Old Town to get a quick orientation to downtown San Diego, including Little Italy, Balboa Park, the Gaslamp quarter, and Coronado. You can hop off and on at any stop. Sign up online to get a discount.

Old Town Trolley website

And LS1GTO: I'm up for lunch! Haven't been to Fisherman's Sporthouse but would love to give it a try.