Category: California and the Western US
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San Diego Buildings, Beaches, and Breweries
After running through zoos and theme parks for the past few days, we chose to have a more relaxing day in downtown San Diego on Friday. We had promised McKenna we would take her to the pancake house before we knew that there would be a 30 minute wait, and she is now old enough…
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A Trip to Legoland California and a Birthday Celebration
Laura’s cousin Yvette was in San Diego at the same time we were, and we joined her and her family to celebrate her son August’s sixth birthday at Legoland on Thursday. McKenna had been waiting for this trip for the entire week that we had been in San Diego. An added bonus for her was…
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Journey to Point Loma, La Jolla, and the San Diego Zoo
On Tuesday, August 5th, Laura, McKenna and I took in some of the sights along the San Diego coast, starting with the tidepools at Point Loma. This was the second time that I had been to the tidepools, but the first was a while back, on the day of Mark and Margo’s wedding. The tide…
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Adventures with children at San Diego’s Balboa Park and Coronado Island
On Sunday, rather than risking the weather for a beach day for the second straight day, we chose to go to Balboa Park. On the way, Laura and I stopped in Hillcrest to pick up some lunch. There wasn’t a whole lot of parking. The outdoor section of Starbucks in San Diego is much nicer…
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The Journey to San Diego
On July 30, Laura, McKenna and I left for San Diego via Atlanta. McKenna was REALLY excited, but we were hoping that once on the plane, she would settle down and be sucked into one of the numerous videos we had loaded onto the iPad. Nope. The girl who would easily spend hours watching movies…