Fall Break in San Diego

Sea World

 Children's Museum

 Beach

Lego Land

Dave says: We always love San Diego in the fall. The weather is perfect and nothing is too busy. As usual, we took the trailer and stayed in Campland on the Bay. Pretty much every day we were in the swimming pool and spa. Skye is very social right now and is on the lookout for random people and kids to say hi to. One new addition this time was bringing the bike trailer for the kids to ride in. On the first day we rode down the path and around Fiesta Island. Later in the day we went to La Jolla Cove and saw the beach and smelly sea lions.

We spent a day at Sea World with no lines and Skye had a lot of fun doing pretty much everything that she wanted. Her favorite rides are Elmo's Flying Fish that spins up high in a circle and the eel ride that she calls "the green one" that takes you up high and then drops you down a bit. The drops made her laugh. She was feeling reasonably brave and even touched a little shark and a stingray. Alisha and I also took turns going on Sea World's newest coaster which goes straight up in the air and is pretty legit for a roller coaster wuss like me. Jade had a good time looking at everything and crawling around in the area for little kids.

We went to the Children's Museum near downtown one morning. There were lots of kid activities from climbing around to painting but Skye's favorite was playing around on a giant jumping bed area with lots of tire-shaped pillows. Then we did a long walk that included a carousel ride at Seaport Village and a trip along the waterfront down to Waterfront Park. I rented one of those electric Bird scooters to zip back to the car which turned out to be pretty fun. Later in the day we rode down to the beach and got nice and sandy. Jade seemed to like crawling around in the sand quite a bit.

We hadn't planned on going to Lego Land but decided to spend a day there. After waiting what felt like a long time for Skye's roller coaster ride we were glad that nothing else was too busy the rest of the day. They definitely don't have the efficiency thing dialed in like Disney. Some of her other favorites included a ride in helicopters that lifted up in the air, a submarine ride that we could all go on, and an airplane ride that went fast in the corners. Overall, Lego Land seemed pretty well-suited for a nearly-three-year-old and so it was worth the trip.

We had a lot of fun and also learned how hard it is to travel with two young kids. On the drive home there was a lack of napping and a lot of shrieking. It felt like we were hauling tons of stuff everywhere and that it took forever to do anything. At the campground, we felt like there was never an unsupervised moment. Skye is still afraid of the ocean waves which is surprising because she likes water so much. At the same time, we also had plenty of nice family moments together. I'm sure we'll be doing the whole thing again next year.