Were you around San Diego when the Coast Guard had the Falcons at that small base near SAN? They would taxi across North Harbor Drive and then to the runway in use. Quite unusual.
Have they relaxed the planespotting rules at Laurel? My plane spotting channel has been trying to get permission to spot at San Diego for over a year and keep being told NO. Either go up on Bankers hill or that overpass on the West Side of the I-5...
