Our Trip to San Diego

Carlos took some vacation time and Lil Carlos was off of school on Monday and Tuesday so we decided to take a quick Trip to San Diego. My mom was also able to take some time off from work so she joined us… This was the first out of town trip that my mom came with us so we were excited about that.

Our trip started on Sunday Nov. 9^th at 3:30 am. (According to Carlos we were behind schedule) We like to drive at that time so that the boys will be asleep for the majority of the ride and would not keep saying "Are we there yet". We got into town and had breakfast and than headed to…

Birch Aquarium

We got to see a lot of cool looking fish that are found in the Pacific Ocean. Our favorites were the giant octopus, the different jelly fish and the plant life that lives underwater. They have a huge 70,000 gallon kelp forest tank with different types of fishes. It was pretty hard to take good pictures because of the glare coming off the glass. Our next stop was our hotel…

Bahia Resort

Carlos' boss recommended this place and I give it a 10. We got there way before our 4:00 check in but we thought we would ask if we could check in early and we got upgraded to a bay front room. Our original room was to overlook their garden with 2 double beds but instead we got a bay front room right in front of the beach with 2 double beds and a couch and kitchenette, we didn't complain… the resort had a sea lion pool. We got to see a feeding. The sea lions they have there were rescued pups. Then we headed to the beach. The hotel is on a peninsula on mission bay so we weren't on the Pacific Ocean but the boys didn't mind. They just wanted to build there sand castle. After we changed and headed to the hotels arcade. I thought this was pretty cool. All the games were free! Than, we played a round of shuffle board. I have never played this before. It actually was pretty fun. By the time we finished we went and ate and than we watched Hancock in our room. This resort was really nice, they have spa packages too. So if anyone is planning a trip to southern California I definitely recommend this resort they have great deals online and you can add tickets for Disneyland, SeaWorld, and others… So that was our first day… on Monday we went to …

San Diego Zoo

This was a first time for our family. This trip was an early birthday present for lil Carlos and he choose to Go to San Diego Zoo since he has never been there before. It was perfect San Diego weather. (I forgot to mention in the last paragraph that the weather on our first day was cooollldd! It was very windy. Cy's hat kept flying off! And it was sprinkling on and off.) We started off with some of the small stuff like the reptiles and insects. Then we got on the Skyfari to the other side of the zoo. I do not like heights at all and I know this wasn't a ride, it didn't do any twists or turns but still I was scared Carlos would make the car rock every time he turned to look around and my grip got tighter and tighter on the bar with every movement he made. Cy didn't enjoy it either. He was crying before we went on. Anyways, some of our favorites were the Polar Bear, the Hippo, the Panda and the Rhino. I know this sounds weird but when we walked through the whole entire Zoo we got on a tour bus. It was nice because it recapped what we saw plus we got to hear some interesting facts that weren't posted. After the tour ride we left and got something to eat and made our way back home. We really had a nice time and my mom going made it extra special. Our trip was short and sweet sorry my post wasn't as short…