We arrived in San Diego Thursday for our home-away-from-home summer
vacation, sadly minus Hal who is still working as I type this on a
Saturday night because that's how he rolls and we all cry because we
miss him like mad.
We traveled south to my parent's
house because it's summer and we don't quite have the funds to hop a
plane to Hawaii or Amalfi or anywhere that isn't free. Archer has ten
days off between the last day of "junior preschool" and the first day
of summer school which meant HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO ENTERTAIN TWO KIDS FOR TEN DAYS ALL BY MYSELF? VACATION TO GOOEY AND PAPA'S HOUSE!
So
here we are. And it is lovely. I thought it might be kind of fun to
blog our to-do every couple days here on SFTB as kind of an impromptu
what-do-do-in-San-Diego list I decided to put together in the last two
minutes of writing this sentence.
As you may or may not
know, I grew up in north county San Diego and regularly spend time down
here with my family and old friends. I've written lists of my favorite things to do in Los Angeles,
my home of ten years, but never written a cohesive list or reference
guide to my favorite San Diego activities. So here is a calendar of
awesome summer to-dos in real time.
Day One: Friday: SeaWorld
SeaWorld
was kind enough to comp a trip for the kids, my parents and me, and it
was awesome. It was also the first time I'd been to SeaWorld since I
was fourteen. We went all the time as kids but it was especially fun
returning as a parent. And a trip to watch Archer scurry down the
rabbit holes of my childhood.
Whereas, I always loved
Seaworld for its sea creatures (specifically petting sea cucumbers in
the tidepools so fun) Archer was more interested in rolling down grassy
knolls with my dad:
... Dancing around picnic tables for an hour:
...and of course, riding the "boxes in the sky" over the bay:
He also enjoyed dining with shamu...
...and OF COURSE the kid's play area formerly known as Captain Kid's World:
So much fun and yet... the "boxes" were BY FAR the high point of Archer's afternoon:
(In fact I'm pretty sure shamu was the only animal Archer cared about
and he cared for all of three minutes. Needless to say he's not the
animal person his mother is...)
All
in all, SeaWorld was pretty badass but the crowds were kind of
annoying. Also can we please talk about how many bad tattoos exist in
theme parks? Seriously, people. The Calvin and Hobbs pissing on a
Chevrolet sign on your shoulder? Might want to wear a shirt sleeve on
that arm no offense.
Day Two: Saturday...
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