Going back to California

Back in October of last year, we got an invite from the Tryons to go to San Diego with them and of course we had to take them up on it. Kids are free at sea world, lego land and a few other attractions around there and it seemed like a fun short vacation to take. Dad, Tanner, Parker and I flew in the airplane while Mom, Torey and the boys drove out the day before. 

 

We spent a day at Sea World and got to see all of the attractions including Pets Rule (a dog, cat and small animal show) the river rapid ride (which totally soaked everyone), an awesome roller coaster which had no line and Mom even road on, the polar bear exhibit which was super cold inside, walrus's that were right next to the windows, dolphins, and of course we can't forget the killer whale show. The show is not like I remember at Marine World, the whales still jump up and splash you but the trainers don't ride them anymore and they dont let anyone pet them. I wasn't able to take a whole lot of pics while we were there but got these few ones.

 

And you cant do San Diego without having a day solely devoted to beach worshiping and that is exactly what we did. The boys built several sand castles, we buried Oliver, Parley and Tanner up to their necks in the sand, collected huge piles of seaweed, and Henry took a nice nap in the sand. Nothing beats California beaches!  

I got to see for the first time the infamous glider port in San Diego. I had heard my Dad and Torey talk about it before but never got to see it until this trip. When I had heard them talk about the glider port, I always thought they were talking about remote control airplanes but oh how I was wrong. Its actually for paragliders! We drove up to what looked like a cliff overlooking the beach with a shack on top, but when you walked around to the other side it opened up to a grassy hill and you could see all the paragliders with their gear getting ready to run off the hill/cliff and over the ocean. They were very cool to watch. Next time me and Mom promised we would get a ride on one but this trip we both chickened out. 

A few other things that we did on trip are:

- eat at STACKED (one of the coolest and most delicious resturants ever! You order off an IPad and get to cutomize anything on the menu. I was certainly worth the 1 hour wait time and I am lobbying for one to open in AZ)
- watch the boys play at the lego store in the coolest outdoor mall (so San Diego :)
- go hot tubbing at the hotel pool
- Mom and the Tyrons went to  Lego Land
- walk around Old Town San Diego and ate at a Mexican resturant
- have a mariachi band sing La Bamba to us while we ate our Mexican food (so authentic!)
- drove past the San Diego Temple



And it wouldn't be a trip flying out of California without having to wait for the fog to clear. Me, Dad and Parker flew home together and wow did this bring back memories. Waking up early to try and get a head start flying only to get to the airport and see a thick blanket of fog encompassing the sky. Then you have to wait, and wait, and wait, and wait until finally you see a break in the fog. And after at least an hour to two of waiting, in a matter of minuets the fog disappears and opens up to blue sky's and we are off to fly home to AZ.

As were coming into land, I noticed we were flying right over my house and snapped a few pictures. Can you pick out which one is mine??