Friday, January 10, 2014

Hello!

We're back from San Diego!  We had a great trip despite some hiccups with air travel - first, our flight into San Diego was diverted to Los Angeles for a few hours due to fog in San Diego; second, our flight home was all-out cancelled due to bad weather on the East Coast, so we got our flight scheduled for a day later.  The trip went smoothly otherwise and we had a good time in Southern California.  

Some highlights:
Still snoozin' during our LAX detour.
The ZOO!  Don't let Sean's expression here fool you - he had a great time!
 

We explored several vessels at the San Diego Maritime Museum including the Star of India and...
a couple of real submarines!
We took a really neat tour of the USS Midway.
We got some cool new shades!
We strolled around Old Town San Diego.
We went to Sea World!
We played at the San Diego New Children's Museum.
We explored the Southern California coastline...
...and saw seals in La Jolla!
We enjoyed the Zoo's separate safari park, as well.
We spent more time on the beach at Coronado Island.
We visited a Mission, too.
On our last full day in California (or so we thought), we spent the day in Los Angeles since we were flying out of Ontario airport.  We saw a lot of sights, including the Hollywood Sign, the Walk of Fame, and Tar Pits.
We enjoyed one last sunset over the Pacific at Venice Beach...
...and ate a delicious dinner on the Santa Monica Pier.

We were sad to say "good-bye" to the warm temperatures and sunny skies, but actually got a bonus day-and-a-half to spend in Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga :-)