Rick and I have been wanting to visit San Diego for awhile now, so when I won tickets to Sea World and a couple nights at a hotel we decided to go right away. We packed up and drove 12 hours (each way) with a 4 year old, 2 year old and a six month old. The kids did pretty well on the drive. Surprising, Joseph was the best traveler of the bunch. Davis had a hard time sitting in his car seat for very long. We heard a lot of crying about his legs hurting. Needless to say, we made lots of rest stops. Our hotel in San Diego wasn't very family friendly and Rick was mistaken for the valet attendant a few times while we were there (ask him about it, he loves sharing his story), but we enjoyed the somewhat free room at a luxury hotel in La Jolla (we had to pay $25.00 a night for valet parking). We also spent a night at Scott and Amy's where parking was free (thanks guys). It was nice to visit and go to Sea World with them as well as our friends Ryan and Christin. We spent a day at the zoo and a day at Sea World. Here are a few pictures of our visit to the zoo:
Carlie and Davis enjoyed walking around the zoo. The zoo had lots of shade which was nice since we visited San Diego on the hottest days of the year (around 90+ degrees and very humid).
Davis is a wanderer so this puppy leash came in handy. He didn't like it very much!
Carlie admiring the rhinoceros.
Love the polar bear statue!
Davis checking out the giant snake.
Carlie didn't want to miss the koala bears. You can see it just behind her in the tree.
Carlie also wanted to make sure she saw the panda bears. Here is the baby panda sleeping in the tree.
Carlie petting a goat. Davis didn't want to go near any of the animals at the petting zoo.
We can't forget our little Joseph. He was such a happy boy on this trip to the zoo.
Davis is a wanderer so this puppy leash came in handy. He didn't like it very much!
Carlie admiring the rhinoceros.
Love the polar bear statue!
Carlie didn't want to miss the koala bears. You can see it just behind her in the tree.
Carlie petting a goat. Davis didn't want to go near any of the animals at the petting zoo.
3 comments:
It looks like you had a fun, quick trip! Darren kept wanting to look at your Sea World pictures all morning because he knows that we're going there in the next week. Did you drive the entire way in one day? We're going to try that on the way home, and I'm dreading it. On the way there we're going to drive just halfway before stopping for the night. You'll have to pass on some good tips for the 12 hour drive!
What a fun and memorable trip. Your kids are getting so big and are just adorable.
Fun stuff. Love that picture of "little" Joe.
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