San Diego, Ca

I was heading out to San Diego to participate in Strong Angel III for Bit9 and was able to take an extra day, rent a Harley for a ride through the desert and catch up with some old friends from high school for dinner.

Here are a few pictures I took during a 270 mile ride on Friday with an old high school friend, Tim Hmelar, that lives out in California now.

After our ride out through the desert we met up with two more Dover-Sherborn alumni, Scott Kuhn and Ken Shimazu for dinner in Old Town San Diego. We ate at a wonderful little Cajun restaurant off the beaten path.

Special thanks to folks at Eagle Rider in San Diego for hooking Tim up with a Heritage Softail and I with an Electra Glide Classic for our day touring the area in and around San Diego.

	I stayed at the Best Western Island Palms, on Shelter Island, while in San Diego. Here are some shots of harbor from outside my room.
	More of the harbor; boats of every shape and size. I can just imagine what the insurance liability must be....yikes.
	This was taken outside my hotel looking over at Coronado. The pier is maintained by the state parks commission. The ship was one of many going in and out of the harbor every day.
	Tim with his family outside of Eagle Rider in San Diego. I've rented from Eagle Rider on more than one occasion and have always found the bikes to be in good working condition and they are very easy to deal with.
	This shot was taken at a border burrito shack in Campo, CA. We could wave to the Mexican border from here before we turned north on S1 to ride through a couple of the State Parks .
On our way north on Route 79 through Cuyamaca State Park about 70 miles east of San Diego. Some amazing rock formations, so different from what we see back here in the East.
	This little coffee house in Julian, CA where Routes 78 adn 79 run together is a very popular riding stop on the weekends. We were there on Friday so it was fairly quiet.
A quick stop at Bigg's Harley Davidson in Oceanside for a t-shirt. Thanks for the early birthday present Tim!	The view of the beach in Oceanside is gorgeous.
After the day riding we visited the aircraft carrier Midway, docked in San Diego harbor as well as Cabrillo State Park which overlooks the city as well as Coronado on North Island.
	On the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Midway in San Diego harbor.
Juan Rodriguez looking down on San Diego from the top of Cabrillo State Park.

San Diego, CA - August, 2006