Elderhostel

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San Diego

"Signature City"

Elderhostel program at

San Diego State University

 

our host location

 

Ron Quinn taught us history
 of California and San Diego

 

told us about Cabrillo
(explorer who first visited San Diego harbor)

Other Photos of San Diego harbor

 

told us about the reconstructions at Old Town

 

where we learned about adobe construction
(school children learning to make mud bricks)

Other Photos from Old Town San Diego

 

Captain H. E. Reichert 

 

told us about Navy operations in San Diego 

 

we visited the Star of India

 

learned about life at sea

 

and operations of a sailing ship

 

We learned of the Chinese presence in San Diego

 

and their culture

 

visited the Gas Light district
(U. S. Grant Hotel in background)

Other Photos of the Gas Light district

 

and learned of the Panda project at the San Diego Zoo

Other Photos of the San Diego Zoo

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