San Diego did not disappoint. It was a much needed get away. With it being a 6 hour drive from Phoenix, it was a perfect 3 day weekend trip. We left Friday after Justin got off work. The drive was the first for Addison, and she did pretty well. It's never fun driving long distances with a baby, but since most of the trip was done after her bedtime, she slept a good part of it. However, we got to our hotel super late (esp. since our Garmin took us all over the place before getting us to our hotel in downtown.) Addison woke up and then was so exhausted that I spent over an hour trying to get her to calm down, and was finally able to go to bed myself around 1 in the morning.
On Saturday we headed out to Sea World. Raegan had never been before and could not stop talking about going to see the whales, and sharks, and dolphins. She loved the Shamu show "Believe". For those of you who have not gotten the opportunity to spend time with my little girl, she is a talker. And she loves to recount details of things...to everyone she meets. So after the show she spent all weekend talking about Shamu and how he goes up, and then comes down, and then splashes his tail and gets everyone wet. She is definetly not a summarizer (and she gets that from Justin.)
We got some really good pictures of the Shamu show.
The trainers did not get in the water with Shamu. Some friends of ours said that they didn't get in at the San Antonio show either. I guess they have completely taken it out of the show since, "the incident". Can't say I blame them.
Raegan even got a picture with Shamu in costume.
We walked around and got to see a lot of the animals.
We got Raegan a stuffed penguin at the penguin exhibit since she is in the Penguin room at school. She will be moving up next month when she turns 3, though, so I'm not sure what animal room that is.
Unfortunately, when you go to a theme park with 2 small children, you don't really get to stay as long as you would like because the little ones need naps, so we had to leave after only about 3 hours there. We didn't get to see the dolphin show, but hopefully we will get a chance to go back some day. I will have to say, I think the San Antonio Sea World is better than the San Diego one.
After we went back to the hotel for rest time, we met some friends of ours that were in town as well for dinner that night at this little hole in the wall seafood restaurant. It is called Blue Water Seafood and it was featured on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. It was wonderful. The fish was so fresh. I am so glad we got to try it, because it is one of those places you would normally just drive past if it wasn't passed around by word-of-mouth.
On Sunday, we decided that since we did a big adventure the day before, we would just be chill and explore the town. We drove over to Coronado Island and went down to the beach. Raegan and Justin splashed in the ocean, even though it was freezing, and we took a nice stroll on the beach. The weather was just so wonderful while we were there.
We walked on down to the beach right in front of the historic Hotel del Coronado. It is such a pretty hotel. We didn't go in, but I think we will need to go back and scope out the inside next time.
Then we went to this wonderful French cafe for lunch called , Tartine. It overlooked the bay facing San Diego. Justin ordered a cappucino and I had a glass of wine. We split a Croque Monsier, a yummy cheese and fruit tray, and a Creme Brulee, although Raegan ate most of the dessert. I just loved the feel of the restaurant. We will definetly go back there next time we are in the area.
Then it was back to the hotel again for naptime. Justin went and toured the USS Midway while the girls napped. Then we got up and headed down to Seaport Village across from our hotel for some exploring and dinner. We were able to stroll down by the marina and then eat in an open air food court. Raegan and her friend Liberty rode the carousel, but we didn't get any pictures of it because it was seriously the fastest carousel I've ever seen.
Monday morning we woke up, and since we had been eating mediocre breakfasts at the Embassy Suites, we checked out of the hotel and stopped at Richard Walker's Pankcake House for breakfast. There were way too many yummy looking options. I ordered a banana crepe, and Justin ordered bacon waffles. Oh my goodness, the waffles were to die for. Yet another restuarant we will be going back to again. We seriously may just have to take a trip to San Diego again just to eat.
The trip was so much fun. San Diego has so many things to do. It is a little harder to do everything with small children, but it was so worth it. We hope to take the girls back again, and hopefully a romantic couples trip someday.
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