California 2012
Our family headed out to sunny and cool California on Sat. June 9th to enjoy a week of vacation! Here are some highlights of things we did.
Sat 6/9:
We left here bright and early! The boys did great on the drive and we made to San Diego in just under 6 hours with 2 short stops. We had lunch at Ricky’s, which is well know for their Apple Pancake. It looked scrumptious, but we would have had a tummy and a toothache if we tried to eat one! After lunch we went out to Coronado Island and found a great place to park. The boys changed in the car and we were off to the beach. Coronado Island is beautiful. The sand was soft and the boys loved the water!
After some fun at the beach we went and checked in at The Vagabond Inn on Hotel Circle. Not a five star resort, but it worked for one night. We went to the mall across the street and watch Men In Black 3. It was great. We grabbed some dinner at the food court and enjoyed the spa back at the hotel.
Sun 6/10:
It was cold and overcast this morning. Our original planned had been to go to the beach. We decided to visit Point Loma instead. We all had a good time and the boys were even sworn in as Jr. Rangers! That afternoon we went to Moonlight Beach. More waves running and sand digging and hanging out. About 3 pm we headed out to Escondido to The Lawrence Welk Resort. We checked in there, hit the grocery store and then went to the hot tub.
Mon 6/11:
Mark and I both went for a workout in the gym. Mark took the boys to play golf on the Par 3 course their. After lunch we headed over to Boulder Springs Pool and the kid’s played on the splash pad, went swimming and Camden braved the water slide! We had grilled ribs and veggies from the Farmer’s Market.
Tues 6/12:
SeaWorld!! We had a blast at SeaWorld! The boys loved the shows and animal interactions. It was great fun! We grabbed dinner at Applebees after we finished.
Wed 6/13:
We had our cabana at Mountain Springs for the morning. The afternoon we spent hanging at our room. We also participated in the family scavenger hunt. We took 2nd place and won free ice cream for our family!
Thurs 6/14:
We headed down to Oceanside for the morning. We took a walk out to the end of the pier. We saw a man catch a yellow fin, it was small. Another man was mad at the starfish because they kept eating his bait. At the end of the pier we caught glimpses of dolphins swimming. That afternoon, Mark played golf and my dad and Betty came over. We went down to the Broadway Hill and got some ice cream (our prize!) and the boys painted turtle banks. That night I cooked a spaghetti dinner for all of us.
Fri 6/15:
We picked up Dad and Betty in Escondido and headed for the Fleet Science Center. We had fun with all of the hands-on exhibits. Mark and Camden built a ship out of these wood planks. We thought about buying some but it was $60 for 100 planks, so it didn’t seem worth it. We had lunch down in Balboa too. We went to the SD Railroad Museum as well. After that we headed back to our respective “homes” for a little down time and then dad treated us to a great dinner at The Fish Market. It was yummy!
Sat 6/16:
We met Dad and Betty down at Oceanside Beach after Moonlight Beach parking was closed off for a special event. We spent the afternoon there. Mark rented a boogie board. Both Mark and Camden really enjoyed that! That evening we had leftovers and went to watch the Dive-In Movie at Boulder Springs. It was the Sandlot. All was good except it was cold and the movie skipped and froze and we missed the ending.
Sun 6/17:
We headed out about 9:45 to come home. It was an awesome vacation!
***Wordpress has changed the format for pictures. I couldn’t figure out how to make them show under the day, so I uploaded them in order but it shows them in reverse. I hope it makes sense.***
