Vacation Day 4: USS Midway and Sailing

Today we started our day at the USS Midway museum, which is a former aircraft carrier that was decommissioned shortly after the first gulf war. This was an awesome museum that we both really enjoyed and was our favorite thing we did in San Diego. We really wished we had more time here because we didn't have time to look at the lower deck at all. We spent a lot of time on the top deck, where most of the planes are, and also saw some of the quarters and ready rooms that were also near the top of the ship. This reminded us a lot of the USS Missouri, only the ship was more modern. The planes were from a variety of eras.

The reason we couldn't stay longer is that we went sailing in the afternoon. We had never been on a sailboat before. The sailboat we were on was in the America's Cup in 2000. They teach you a little about sailing and you are able to help out with it if you want (I am not really into paying to do work so didn't do that much, but Jason liked doing his part to turn the boat). We both enjoyed trying something different, especially once the wind picked up later in the day. I imagine some people go on that excursion and think, "Wow, sailing is awesome. I will go home and take lessons." For us, we thought it was fun, but more because it was different, not because sailing will be our new hobby.

After sailing, we were both tired and we have a super early flight tomorrow, so we didn't want to stay out too late. But we did eat dinner at another touristy reastaurant in Old Town, tonight called Rockin' Baja. It was an interesting cross between Joe's Crab Shack and a Mexican food restaurant and we enjoyed our food and the fun decor. And also that, like almost every restaurant in San Diego, they had a super large outdoor eating area.