Adventures in California

-

Monday, February 14th
Valentines Day Treat

    The morning of Valentines day, our parents woke us up and told us that we were going on a surprise trip. While driving to our mystery destination we excitedly guessed what it could be.

We ended up at Sea World, San Diego!

Armed with a backpack leash for T and unlimited food every hour, we headed into the park for a very full day of fun! 

We went on many different rides...

(Me and E on the Flying Elmo)

(About 3 seconds away from being completely soaked)

(A and Mom on a spinning ride)

...And saw many different sea animals! 


(Beautiful orca!)

(Absolutely massive walrus)

...And of course we saw the dolphin show!



It was incredible watching them jump and swim around! They were very talented dolphins. 

At the end of the day we were so tired, but it was truly a fun experience!

Tuesday, February 15th - Friday, 18th
Relaxing days on the Beach

    The next few days we took a bit slower. We had a nice stay-at-home day at the camper and visited family. 
On the 18th, we said goodbye to the beach and headed inland and North to Horse Creek Campgrounds, near Three Rivers, CA.

(We'll definitely miss the coast)

Comments

Post a Comment

Other Posts

Grand Canyon Adventures!

-
Image
Tuesday, March 1st The Grand Canyon     We woke up on the first of March with the promise of a surprise. We drove up to a small train station, and boarded a 100-year-old train car and rode to the Grand Canyon.       We had three hours there to spend. We walked around a few of the buildings, one of which was a Native American art exhibit. Of course, we also saw the canyon, of course! It was fascinating to see how small people looked, even just halfway down. We couldn't even see the bottom from where we were!       I think one of the reasons that the Grand canyon was so interesting was that there was nothing to compare the sheer scale to. It looked essentially just like the photos, unless you could find a point of reference on the bottom, like some small cabins we found with our monocular.      Overall, the Grand canyon was a blast, and though there were a few meltdowns, it was still an enjoyable, memorable day!
Read more

Zion

-
Image
Friday February 25th -  Sunday, 27th Zion National Park     We got to our campsite on the 25th, and it was freezing. The temperature got down to 8 or 9 degrees overnight, which was just a bit too cold for comfort. However, the next day we powered through, wrapped ourselves warmly, and headed to Zion.     We went through the East entrance, which had a 1.1 mile tunnel through a mountain for driving. We had to fold our mirrors in because it was so narrow! Even after the tunnel it was an adventure, as the windy mountain roads were pretty icy. But thankfully, we made it down in one piece. We hopped on a tour bus and saw the entire park. At the end of the tour we started hiking on an a trail, but it got very icy very quickly, so we headed back closer to the entrance and hiked a different one.        The trail we decided to do was called the Emerald Pools trail, and it was incredibly beautiful, if a bit muddy. We saw some fantastic views, and got a ...
Read more

Camper Tour Video!

-
Image
 A short tour of our camper! Video notes: I forgot to include this, but at the front of the camper under the cabinets, we had a lot of unused space. We turned that into a laundry hamper, which fits 3 large bags of dirty laundry, or about 8 normal loads. It has a flap at the top to put clothes into, and the entire front swings open for easy removal of laundry bags The bunks on the top belong to me, S, L, and F. The youngest 3 get the bottom bunks :) I apologize for the sound quality, my phone isn't the best at recording audio. 
Read more