family afternoon

Went in search of a belt for my dryer. A very rude assistant in Sears, as he knew he wasn't going to get any commision by helping us to find a repair shop, told us where the shop was but not that it was closed on Sundays! Ha! But we had the last laugh as next door to the repair depot was a micro brew pub and restaurant and we had a very nice lunch!
J had come with us, which she rarely does nowadays and offered to drive home, on the way she asked if we could go to Pt Loma, as it was a beautiful day, I thought that was a great idea and so we went.
The views from PL are absolutely fantastic with all the yachts going up and down the channel. We saw a couple of America's Cup boats and some Tall Ships coming in to the harbour. We soon realised that one of the tall ships was the Star of India which is a ship that is normally moored in SD harbour and open to the public to walk around her. Sadly she was being towed in by a tugboat. I think that nowadays it is too crowded for a ship her size to tack up and down the narrow harbour mouth under sail, but it was a beautiful sight to see her, under full sail out at sea, although the crew were taking down the topsails for the tow. We continued our walk to the farthest point and J was looking out to sea for a glimpse of the aircraft carrier that her beloved is on but I expect it was just over the horizon!! We didn't see any whales either but it is a bit early in the season for their migration, I never have seen any but S did last time we were here!
We had a lovely family afternoon.