San Diego

My parents spent a couple weeks in town back in June and we took a little weekend road trip to San Diego. I had never been there, and I absolutely loved it. Can't wait to go back, specially now that we are dealing with the nasty summer/monsoon season here in Arizona.

The kids loved the hotel we stayed at. It was right on Mission Bay, so it was. Ice to take walks on the beach after breakfast. They had a full hot breakfast buffet each morning. Nothing like waking up to a great view and having amazing food ready for you each day. The kids loved the hotel pool and their arcade room. Cory and I decided we would skip Sea World and just do beach and site seeing.

On day one we swam in the morning. I had to jump in the pool to rescue Clarissa with clothes and all. The kids went swimming and I left Cissa's floaty in the room. They had a really shallow kiddy pool that she would have been just fine in, had she not crossed over to the deeper side. I guess that's what I get by doing lifeguard duty fully clothed. Later that day we visited the USS Midway, Coronado beach, and took the Belle boat from our hotel  across the bay. We really packed our day full.

Day two we started off with swimming and packing up our stuff. After we checked out I was determined to rent a Surrey bike (a bike that looks like a little car and seats 8 people) and go for a family ride. I remember riding one of these as a kid and loved it. I wanted my kids to get the same experience. There was one minor difference, this time around the bike was filled with 4 adults + 3 kids. Definitely more weight to pedal! We had a blast though, by far the highlight of our trip. We laughed so hard and totally made a fool of ourselves. We had lunch at the Fish Market, great view and beautiful view, and the took a paddy cab around the area (Christopher's request). We visited the Mormon Battalion museum right before we left. Clarissa fell asleep on the way to the museum. She was so exhausted that we pulled her out of the car, put her in the stroller, visited the Mormon Battalion for 1 hr, put her back in the car and she didn't wake up until we were off driving, crazy!