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Friday, July 24th, Poolside and inside
at the Sheraton Marina on Harbor Island in San Diego |
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Poolside at the Sheraton
Carl & Brian Meuse discuss pictures at a
table with Ric Greer
(Photo courtesy of Ric Greer) |
Poolside at the Sheraton
John Troutman & Don Birch
(Photo courtesy of Ric Greer) |
Dinner at the Sheraton
Lindsay, Tom & Patrice Roseland
Ric "Ptomaine" Greer can be seen in the
background
(Photo courtesy of Don Birch) |
Poolside at the Sheraton
Lindsay & Courtney Roseland, Claudia Blaha,
John Troutman, Don Birch & Rick Greer
(Photo courtesy of Ric Greer) |
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Out by the Pool at the Sheraton
Don Horton, Dennis & Chris Schultz, Tom
Roseland
(Photo courtesy of Ric Greer) |
Dinner at the Sheraton
Don & Dee Horton with Phyllis & Mike
Stevenson
(Photo courtesy of Ric Greer) |
Dinner at the Sheraton
Chris Schultz & Don Birch with Val Hoffman,
Courtney
Roseland, Lindsay Roseland & Ben Hoffman in
background
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Poolside at the Sheraton
Don Walbaum, Jim Johnson & Sharon Walbaum
(Photo courtesy of Ric Greer) |
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Saturday, July 25th, USS Midway
(CV-41) Tour |
"The Kiss" statue next to USS Midway
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
USS Midway seen from San Diego Harbor
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Hanger deck aircraft on USS Midway
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Aircraft on flight deck of USS Midway
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
F-14 "Tom Cat" on flight deck of Midway
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Combat Information Center (CIC)
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Aircraft on flight deck of USS Midway
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
USS Midway anchor chains
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Saturday, July 25th, USS Halsey (DDG-97) Tour |
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Pre-Board Briefing
Getting ready to board the USS Halsey
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Ship's Bell
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
USS Midway Brig
Courtney Roseland with Ben & Val Hoffman
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
Welcome Screen aboard USS Halsey
Seen on computer screens all over the ship
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Pre-Tour Wardroom Briefing
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Group Picture aboard USS Halsey
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
USS Halsey chow hall drink line
Note Starbucks Coffee machine on right
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Ship's Main Mast
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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USS Halsey CIC
John Troutman talks with the XO and Ric
Greer while Don & Dee Horton, Brian & Carl Meuse and Becky Birch look
around
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Tour continues on starboard side of ship
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Pre-Tour Wardroom Briefing
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
More Halsey CIC stations
...being carefully inspected by Don Birch
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Saturday Evening, July 26th, Dinner at
Tom Hamm's Lighthouse |
A contrast of ships
A nuclear US aircraft carrier, luxury yacht
and a majestic
sailing ship cross paths in San Diego Bay
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
Tom Hamm's Lighthouse
Richard "Bing" Bingman chats with Dennis
Schultz
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Aft Helo Deck
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Dennis Schultz (standing), Nelda Johnson,
Sharon Walbaum, Mike & Phyllis Stevenson
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Lindsay Roseland, Chris Schultz, Patrice
Roseland, and Merrie Lawrence (and Dennis is STILL chatting)
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
And now he's fixing someone's collar!
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
San Diego Tour Bus
Brian & Carl Meuse getting ready to re-board
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Look! A picture without Dennis in it!
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Sunday morning, July 26th, San Diego
City Bus Tour |
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Touring San Diego
Left side - Chris & Dennis Schultz, Jim &
Suzanne Mallery,
Mike & Stevenson, Brian & Carl Meuse,
Dee & Don Horton,
Lindsay & Courtney Roseland
Right side - Dave & Merrie Lawrence, Patrice
Roseland,
John Troutman & Claudia Blaha, Don & Becky
Birch,
Ben & Val Hoffman
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Mt. Soledad Cross
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
Hotel Coronado
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
View of Hotel Coronado
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Sunday afternoon, July 26th, San Diego Harbor
& Point Loma Tours |
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Downtown San Diego
Seen from our harbor cruise boat
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Harbor Cruise
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
View from top of Mt. Soledad
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Navy Ships at 32nd Street Naval Base
Seen from the harbor boat tour
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Submarine Base from Point Loma
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Navy Destroyer heading out past 1-SD
Seen from the top of Point Loma
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Our Cruise Ship in Avalon Bay, Catalina
Seen from the hills above
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Point Loma Lighthouse
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Underway on "Elation" on Monday,
July 21st and anchored in Catalina's Avalon Bay on Tuesday |
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Dawn at Sea aboard Elation
Note the U.S. Destroyer on the horizon
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
Elation at night
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
The Casino
with part of Avalon Bay in the foreground
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Downtown Avalon - looking south
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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A little Chinese on Catalina
The Roseland family stops for lunch while
touring Avalon
(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz) |
A little more Chinese
Chris & Dennis Schultz chat with Lindsay
Roseland
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
The 'Ol Buffalo butt scratch
One of the wild bison on Catalina Island
gets a little itch relief from a bench in a picnic area
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Downtown Avalon - looking north
On the waterfront on Catalina Island
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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"Elegant Night" at dinner aboard the
Elation |
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Dinner aboard Elation
Lindsay Roseland, Brian Meuse, Carl Meuse,
Ben Hoffman, Val Hoffman, Courtney Roseland,
Nelda Johnson, Jim Johnson, John Troutman &
Claudia
Blaha
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Post Dinner Group Photo aboard Elation
L to R from top - Don Walbaum, Don Horton,
Jim Mallery,
Tom Roseland, Jim Johnson, Don
Birch,
John Troutman, Claudia Blaha, Dennis
Schultz, Suzanne
Mallery, Lindsay Roseland, Patrice Roseland
Nelda Johnson, Becky Birch, Brian Meuse,
Chris Schultz,
Dee Horton, Courtney Roseland
Merrie Lawrence, Dave Lawrence, Sharon
Walbaum,
Carolyn Garcia, Carl Meuse, Paul Garcia &
Val Hoffman
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
The Roseland Family
Patrice, Tom Lindsay, Courtney and Val
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Ensenada, the "Blow Hole" and a wine
country tour |
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Sea Lions at the Ensenada Port
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
"La Bufadora"
Can't get close without getting wet!
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
Visiting Hotties
You find them everywhere in Ensenada's wine
country
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Another picture of La Bufadora
(Photo courtesy of Brian Meuse) |
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The Winery
High in the mountains above Ensenada is wine
country
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Wine in progress
The tour moves to another part of the winery
called "the cave".
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
American Oak barrels aging the wine
Inside the fermentation room of the first
winery we visited.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Grapes as far as the eye can see
A view from a hill above the winery showing
vast vineyards.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
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Back aboard the Elation... |
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Dinner aboard Elation
Paul Garcia, Don Horton, Dee Horton, Don
Birch,
Becky Birch, Patrice Roseland, Carolyn
Garcia,
Sharon Walbaum & Don Walbaum
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Dinner aboard Elation
Don Walbaum, Paul Garcia, Don Horton, Dee
Horton,
Don and Becky Birch
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
The Waiters Sing
Each night the waiters would entertain after
dinner
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Dinner aboard the Elation
Tom & Patrice Roseland
(Photo courtesy of Don Birch) |
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Dinner aboard Elation
Dave Lawrence, Merrie Lawrence, Chris
Schultz,
Dennis Schultz, Suzanne Mallery & Jim
Mallery
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Dinner aboard Elation
Courtney Roseland, Val Hoffman, Ben Hoffman,
Carl Meuse, Brian Meuse, Lindsay Roseland,
Claudia Blaha & John Troutman
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
