End of August, Joe and I decided to take a trip to California. I was ready to get away from home and beach it with him! We had so much fun. Joe had not been to SD since he was little, and so we decided to go check it out again. The first day we checked out Little Italy, it was very cool. Lots of neat little shops, and the day we were there we witnessed an Italian Funeral complete with music from the Godfather, and Taps on a horn. It was interesting. Also they had a street market with the most beautiful flowers and tasty italian treats, etc. I always love the almond crossaints. Someday, flying star will start selling them again. It was weird, all the mafia looking italians walking around everywhere. The church was beautiful. The architecture there is amazing.Later on we decided to head to a beach, but all the beaches in SD were SUPER crowded, so we finally found a parking place and did some shopping around the beach where Joe got some flip flops and
we found a place named "Hodads" to eat lunch. This is one of the most popular burger joints in SD. It was pretty good, and they had HUGE onion rings. I love onion rings. Anyhow, the place was super crowded and was playing some very loud music by Metallica. Which of course he loved. I enjoyed it, something different for sure. That day was kinda just a bunch of exploring. We drove around the Gaslamp District to see what all that was about, and it was bar after bar after bar, and lots of shopping. It was so crowded on that night we decided to just go back to the hotel and sleep, so we could get up and
do lots the next day. The next day we decided to drive to some other beaches further away, in hopes they wouldnt be soooo crowded. It worked. We made it to Huntington Beach and it was a blast. We shopped, ate, body boarded, and checked out the pier. There were a TON of surfers at this beach but it was lots of fun. Joe had a little accident hahaha on his boogie board, the ocean swept him under and he hit his face on the ocean floor, leaving him coming up with a MOUTHFUL of dirt that was stuck in his braces lol. Poor guy.
we found a place named "Hodads" to eat lunch. This is one of the most popular burger joints in SD. It was pretty good, and they had HUGE onion rings. I love onion rings. Anyhow, the place was super crowded and was playing some very loud music by Metallica. Which of course he loved. I enjoyed it, something different for sure. That day was kinda just a bunch of exploring. We drove around the Gaslamp District to see what all that was about, and it was bar after bar after bar, and lots of shopping. It was so crowded on that night we decided to just go back to the hotel and sleep, so we could get up and
do lots the next day. The next day we decided to drive to some other beaches further away, in hopes they wouldnt be soooo crowded. It worked. We made it to Huntington Beach and it was a blast. We shopped, ate, body boarded, and checked out the pier. There were a TON of surfers at this beach but it was lots of fun. Joe had a little accident hahaha on his boogie board, the ocean swept him under and he hit his face on the ocean floor, leaving him coming up with a MOUTHFUL of dirt that was stuck in his braces lol. Poor guy. That night we had a delicious dinner near the ocean with the most beautiful sunset and some great shopping. We witnessed a man laying on a bed of nails, and 6 grown men standing on top of him. It was a cute place with good entertainment. Here are some random pictures of the vaca!
The last day in SD we went to Sea World, it was fun, but got old after a few hours. I'll go back with my niec
e or nephew when they are old enough to go, but not without kiddos next time. We at some expensive crappy food, and got splashed by Shamu and his dolphin friends. Touched starfish and stingrays, looked at sharks and other fun things. My favorite was the baluga whales, they were sooo adorable! Not something you normally get to see, and it was cool.It was a sad sad day having to come home. We were not looking forward to it, but now we cant wait to go back. We loved the beach so much. The place is just beautiful!
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