This is our third visit to San Diego, so we have seen most of the major attractions. This visit is mostly about visiting with our friends John and Carol. While we're here we'll visit some "attractions" we haven't seen before and a few that we have.

Today we started with the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum. The docents here are all ex-military and full of stories. A number of them have flown the planes that are on display here. Here's a few of them:

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McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk II
The flags on this plan indicate the countries that the plane was sold to.

Now more up my alley was our walk to the rose and cactus gardens at Balboa Park. The rose garden was in full bloom.

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Some of the cacti were thinking about blooming but there is a wide variety of prolific cacti here.

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John and I and an interesting looking tree.

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Another interesting tree.