Racecation Day 1: San Diego Adventures

Sunday, August 25, 2013 – Astros game; Houston, TX & Vlog
>>Monday, August 26, 2013 – San Diego and Old Town<<
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 – My Birthday and Sea World
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 – San Diego Zoo
Thursday, August 29, 2013 – Travelling to Disneyland/Downtown Disney
Friday, August 30, 2013 – DCA and the Disneyland Half Expo & Vlog
Saturday, August 31, 2013 – Disneyland 10K and Park time & Vlog
Sunday, September 1, 2013 – Disneyland Half Marathon and more park time & Vlog

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San Diego was absolutely beautiful! I loved the weather, the sights, and the food. I have lots of pictures to share so let’s begin!

The terrain of the West amazes me - I come from completely flat land and marshes/swamp terrain. As we flew into Cali, I kept my eyes glued on the window! Beautiful!

We made it. Too bad the Padres weren’t in town…would have loved to catch a game!

I have to interject here with a  funny story. Several months ago, I reserved a car for our SoCal vacay – 3 days in San Diego. My husband is in LOVE with convertible Mustangs and although I reserved a vehicle under the “convertible” category, there was no guarantee to which car we would end up with. After picking up our luggage at the San Diego airport, we rode a bus to the Alamo distribution center. We checked in, then walked outside to the car area and were asked by the attendant which car we reserved. I told the attendant that our reservation said “Chrysler Sebring or similar”. She looked around then informed us that she was out of Sebrings. Jason spoke up immediately and said, “That’s ok! We’ll take that white Mustang right there!” The attendant looked at our paperwork, shrugged her shoulders, and said OK! She had NO idea how happy she made my husband.

He was seriously like a kid on Christmas morning.

I found it rather adorable! :0) Glad he was happy!

After putting the top down (of course), we drove to the nearest In-N-Out Burger for our first taste of this SoCal goodness!

Jason ordered everything Animal Style. I had my fries and burger “regular style” and it was delicious!! I wasn’t too keen on his animal style fries. I’ll take just ketchup, please!

After lunch, we checked into our resort, Paradise Point.

It was a lovely resort with little bungalow type rooms near the bay. Stay tuned for a review of our beautiful resort!

All we had to do was walk out our door, take a few steps, and there was the beach.

We dropped off our luggage, then hopped back in the ‘Stang for a little San Diego exploring.

Why hello there! :0)

First stop: Coronado Island and the Hotel Del Coronado.

I’m so glad we stopped by to visit this gorgeous resort, especially since the Grand Floridian was modeled after this one. (Side note: several months ago, we watched a Marilyn Monroe movie called “Some Like it Hot” – this movie was filmed at the Hotel Coronado! Pretty neat!)

We quickly discovered that parking would be an issue in San Diego – parking lots were scarce, most people parked on the side of the road. Hotel Del Coronado charged $20 for use of their parking lot and because we couldn’t stay long, we decided to drive down the beach and find a spot along the side of the road (ie: FREE!).

We spent only a short while at the Hotel Del Coronado, then we made our way to Old Town.

Old Town is a Historical Park and is known as the “Birthplace of California”.

Along the road were several historical buildings depicting life in San Diego around the time period of 1820-1870.

Funny…..I buy this at my local Wal-Mart for $1.50.

We enjoyed shopping the markets and seeing the sights around town. After spending several hours sightseeing, dinner began calling our name. Lucky for us, there were several Mexican restaurants inside of Old Town to choose from!

Jason had nachos…

I had quesadillas….

…and because of FourSquare, a dessert of churros was on the house!

After dinner, we watched dancers on stage for a few minutes, then said goodbye to Old Town!

On our way out, we chased the sunset to the nearest beach.

It was absolutely breathtaking, and we caught the sun just as the tail end dipped into the ocean.

We had a fabulous first day in San Diego and really enjoyed seeing the sights! (Now I’m hungry for a burger!) :0)

Stay tuned for a Vlog of Day 1 – up on the blog tomorrow!

If you’ve been to San Diego, what was your favorite thing to see?