Tag: San Diego
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The cruise is over… and it feels like we covered a lot of ocean — how far did the Flat Fellas travel?
San Diego, California to Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii: ~2,200 nautical miles Nawiliwili, Kauai to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: ~230 nautical miles Kailua-Kona to Honolulu, Oahu: ~90 nautical miles Honolulu, Oahu to Kahului, Maui: ~95 nautical miles Kahului, Maui to Hilo, Hawaii: ~125 nautical miles Hilo, Hawaii to Fanning Island, Kiribati: ~1,200 nautical miles Fanning Island to Pago Pago,…
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Birds the Flat Fellas saw in San Diego
At Shelter Island we saw an Egret, a seagull, some Grebes, as well as a Bufflehead & some ducks. A Say’s Phoebe was blending in with the tree branches at Mount Soledad. Sunset in San Diego at Shelter Island
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Flowers the Flat Fellas saw in San Diego
Gazania, aka Treasure Flower.Evergreen CandytuftRose — a beautiful, tight budDay Lily Flower Names… Identifying plants can be hard enough, but many plants have not only a complex sounding scientific name, but also common names – plural. A flower man be known as a bluebonnet in Texas and a Lupin elsewhere for instance. The flat fellas…
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Another day at sea — do you know where we are sailing towards?
There are several places a cruise ship can go to from San Diego, can you think of some of the possibilities? We could be heading North. We could be sailing South… or even going on a cruise through a Canal. After catching the end of a pretty sunset tonight Flat Stanley, Flat Hal and I…
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All Aboard! Flat Stanley and Flat Hal are taking a cruise!
There are many ways to travel. Planes, Trains and Automobiles used to be the answer for most people… but more and more are going out on boats, and taking cruises on ships. Flat Stanley and Flat Hal headed straight for an outside deck after boarding in San Diego to get a view of the Harbor. A…
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Flat Hal and Flat Stanley went to see the USS Recruit at Liberty Station in San Diego
It is officially a toss up who got the better selfie with the recruit, though both Flat Stanley and Flat Hal gave it a good try. The recruit is a landlocked ship the Navy used for YEARS to train its recruits. It is now in the parking lot of a hotel and shopping center near the…
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Flat Hal and Flat Stanley are San Diego bound!
A three hour delay was not a lot of fun, but it meant, as we flew west, we chased the sunset across the country, and had this pretty view for most of our flight. Can you think of a time when something seemed like a bummer, but in the end something fun or exciting happened,…