As the largest waterpark of its kind in the world, Mission Bay comprises 4,200 acres in roughly equal parts of land and water, surrounded by 27 miles of meandering shoreline of sandy beaches. Interconnected by a network of waterways, inlets and islets, the bay is best explored by boat. Mission Bay’s beaches beckon water sports enthusiasts of every kind, from...
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Knowing that low tide was at 10:30am, we decided to head back to Cabrillo National Monument and see if we could find some more marine life. We found several crabs snails, sea slugs etc. We were educated by the park ranger who was down searching for sea stars. He said there was a disease killing them on this coast and we would be lucky to find one between Alaska...
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La Jolla Cove is known as San Diego’s most desirable spot for kayaking, snorkeling and diving. The water is calm and ecologically protected, providing a safe home for colorful garibaldi, yellowtail, rays and even leopard sharks. From the moment we started planning this trip, we were are all very excited to come here. Of course, with such anticipation, it is often...
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Today we explored a floating city at sea and relived nearly 50 years of world history aboard the longest-serving Navy aircraft carrier of the 20th century. Exhibits ranged from the crew’s sleeping quarters to a massive galley, engine room, the ship’s jail, officer’s country, post office, machine shops, and pilots’ ready rooms, as well as...
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Today was an exciting day. We started are trip to Cabrillo by exploring tide-pools. The rocky intertidal zone, on the western side of Point Loma, is a window into the ocean ecosystem along San Diego’s coast. Periods of low tide cause pools of water to form along the shore in rocky depressions. In them, you can see an assortment of colourful plants and...
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Voted the #1 beach in America by Dr. Beach. Coronado Beach in San Diego is a 1.5 mile long, wide sandy beach set against the backdrop of mansions and the iconic Hotel del Coronado with its peaked red roof and classic Victorian architecture. It was a wonderful day for lounging around on the beach. The girls surfed, body surfed, built sand castles and soaked up the...
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Old Town San Diego is a state protected historical park that commemorates the town’s early days and includes many historic buildings from the period 1820 to 1870. Five original adobes ( mud brick building like we built in Thailand) are part of the complex, which includes shops, restaurants and museums. Other historic buildings include a schoolhouse, a...
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We started the day with another trip to the pool. The girls have loved this campground. The warm pool, the big clean showers, and all the orange trees. They are very sad to be leaving but we comforted by the fact that we will be returning in a week to spend some more time with Ryan and Jessica. Once we had camp backed up, we headed out for San Diego. The only...
Read MoreAfter seeing and exploring so many new things, we were all in need of some down time. We did laundry – amazing how nice it is to have clean clothes and sheets and frolicked by the pool for most of the day. We also had pool Olympics. It was a tight race for Kaatje and Kaelyn. They both left daddy in the dust as they completed 3 laps of the pool without a...
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