{"id":38028,"date":"2023-01-15T09:10:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=38028"},"modified":"2023-02-03T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:08:12","slug":"southern-california-day-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=38028","title":{"rendered":"Southern California Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Southern California Day 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve decided to start the days in San Diego with breakfast down at the hotel, then walk around Little Italy to get cold brew.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter acquiring cold brew, it’s a walk to the waterfront park close by for the kids to get some energy out at the playground.<\/p>\n

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\nPublic art at the waterfront park.<\/p>\n

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\nThis playground is such a lifesaver for the kids to workout their energy while we enjoy some coffee.<\/p>\n

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\nDoh. RL had taken this selfie, but she accidentally took screen shot instead. Kinda funny, and kinda a shame because it turned out to be a great photo.<\/p>\n

\"\"Then out of no where, the fog rolls in. Look at the sharp line of light by the builds, cool.<\/p>\n

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\nBoth days we’ve been just about the only ones here at the park at around 8am. They’ve got several security guards at the park at all times. I guess to keep the vagrants away?<\/p>\n

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\nLOL.<\/p>\n

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\nCame back to our hotel and I just craved a burger. Well, I still had a whole burger that’s leftover from the first night here in the fridge. Hit the spot!<\/p>\n

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\nNow headed to our next mystery location, Sea World. A short drive from our hotel.<\/p>\n

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\nThe kids tried to guess what we were doing, but they’ve never heard of Sea World before, so they never could guess correctly.<\/p>\n

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\nNot too bad of a line.<\/p>\n

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\nTouch pools are always a big hit.<\/p>\n

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\nI bet they wanted to touch so badly. They even had a horse shoe crab touch pool, it feels like….a crab.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst show is at noon, so we took it easy and didn’t arrive inside the park until close to 11.<\/p>\n

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\nThey have no idea what they are about to see.<\/p>\n

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\nGirl loves to pose.<\/p>\n

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\nOh look, killer whales.<\/p>\n

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\nHonestly, the show was kinda a disappointment. They went on and on about how they are educating people and how they save so many animals etc. etc. Obviously very worried about more bad press. I do remember the shows being better when I visited Sea World as a child. None of the trainers even got into the water with the whales this time due to a killer whale killing a trainer a few years back.<\/p>\n

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\nFlamingos don’t smell very good<\/p>\n

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\nFoxtail agave, we grew some in Austin then they all died in a freeze.<\/p>\n

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\nKids really wanted to be splashed so we sat in a splash zone…but we didn’t end up getting splashed. I guess that’s good, it’s still a little chilly.<\/p>\n

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\nThe center of the arena did get splashed a lot though.<\/p>\n

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\nKinda like the orca show, a little disappointing. But I guess they kids enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

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\nBeluga whale time.<\/p>\n

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\nDid not want to go on another ride.<\/p>\n

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\nWeee! And that’s it for Sea World. Honestly, kind of a let down, felt very much like a second rate amusement park. We were inside the park for about three and a half hours, and that was just fine by us.<\/p>\n

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\nCame back to the hotel, played some more games in the courtyard.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter games, it was time to maybe take a nap and have some TV time to chill out. Then, out walking around Little Italy for dinner.<\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a food hall at the plaza that we were at, and we figured some easy Chinese food would be good. While here, CL started getting a nose bleed. The air has been super dry in all the hotels that we’ve stayed at during this trip. Fortunately, we were able to get her nose bleed stopped pretty easily.<\/p>\n

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\nNot a bad way to have dinner, there’s even a live blues musician busking.<\/p>\n

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\nSomething a little fancier than the Chinese food to supplement our dinner.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd something fancier than the Chinese food to supplement the kids’ dinner.<\/p>\n

To be continued at Southern California Day 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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