Vacationing in San Diego from Tampa

Flat Stanley-Whitman joined the Monteiro family (Jack P's aunts and cousins) on a fun trip from Tampa to San Diego. From the pictures you will see that he visited Petco Park (home of the San Diego Padres) where he saw a great baseball game, the San Diego Zoo, home to hundreds of plants and animals, and the Maritime Museum, where he learned about ships and submarines!

The zoo was a lot of fun - the pandas, the koalas and the elephants were the highlights. San Diego Zoo is a "retirement home" for elephants - they have nine elephants ranging in ages from 33 to 56.
The Padres lost to the St. Louis Cardinals at Petco Park, but it was fun visiting another baseball field - the Tampa Bay Rays indoor, domed stadium - where it was nice to be outside in the sunshine for a game.

The Maritime Museum was also very interesting. We toured ships that had crossed the Atlantic, along with two submarines, one Russian sub and one American sub. I don't think that any of us would have liked living in those cramped quarters.

San Diego has wonderful weather, with an average temperature of 71 degrees, and less then 10 inches of rainfall a year, making it a desert climate. The sun was out (after a little morning fog) every day we were in San Diego, but with a strong breeze from the water, it was a bit chilly every day. We tried to go in the ocean, but the water temperature was only about 62 degrees, which was WAY too cold. We are used to a water temperature of closer to 80 degrees at home at the beaches along Tampa Bay!

We hope that you have enjoyed Flat Stanley Whitman's journey with us.

Aunt Barbara, Aunt Laurie, Nick and Kayla