title San Diego Four, California, US - 22nd September 2005 intro It's the fourth vist to San Diego in California this year. Whilst there, Ken Davis, from Qualcomm, takes Nosher out for a photo session in Torrey Pines state park, near Del Mar just outside San Diego. The primary mission was to look out for a rocket launch from Vandebergh AFB, which sadly wasn't seen, probably due to clouds which drifted over just at the wrong time. However, it was still a good session, and was capped off with an excellent home-cooked dinner and evening of political conversation courtesy of Ken and his wife. Later on, Russell fancies a drive somewhere in his all-singing SUV, so we head over to Solana Beach for a quick look at the sea. Russell mills around whilst a few long-exposure shots are taken over the sands whilst the sea occasionally overtakes the tripod. Then, it's back to the Marriott bar, San Diego, which is normally fairly quiet, but which this night is the regular Salsa dancing session and so it's fairly packed. Time for lots of "what paper are you working for?" queries. imgp0852 It's the building of the new Baldock bypass imgp0853 Bits of tarmac and cones imgp0854 A Baldock moon-scape imgp0855 Tail-fins shimmer in the exhaust from a 747 APU imgp0858 A bunch of heavies under Heathrow control tower imgp0863 The view from the Marriott Del Mar hotel room imgp0867 John and Russell in PF Changs, La Jolla imgp0873 Russell raises a beer imgp0874 Russell grabs some food imgp0876 Shiny buildings near the hotel imgp0889 Sunset in a glass building imgp0892 Buildings reflected in buildings imgp0897 On the I-5 heading to Rancho Santa Fe imgp0899 In the restaurant imgp0902 Kevin from Sprint and Brian Dunphy imgp0904 Some fancy wine is tasted imgp0905 Wine is served imgp0910 Marc Nijdam gets a "Shirley Temple" imgp0912 Brian waves some food around imgp0917 The sea front at Torrey Pines imgp0918 A bit of the famous Torrey Pines golf course imgp0919 Fence posts lead away imgp0931 A lone jogger on the beach imgp0939 A danger sign imgp0946 Ken kneels down to take a shot along the beach imgp0953 An old surfer dude with his board imgp0955 Nice colours on the clifftops imgp0970 The sun sets like a hydrogen bomb imgp0998 Mist rolls in off the sea imgp1017 An antenna on the clifftop imgp1026 Light pollution from San Diego imgp1038 A stack of paper cups in a meeting room imgp1041 One of the Qualcomm meeting rooms imgp1043 Solana Beach at night imgp1065 The scene in the Marriott Hotel bar imgp1066 Dancing in the hotel bar imgp1067 The view from behind the bar imgp1093 Salsa dancing imgp1097 Shiny buildings near the hotel imgp1099 A night-time view out of the hotel window imgp1102 Nosher's room, with hurricane Rita on TV imgp1305 More building reflections