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Excellent on so many levels. The 4th of July was an awesome beach tour.

Ocean Beach:

Torrey Pines Gliderport overlooking Black’s Beach:

Coronado Beach:

All were fantastic. Went to a party at a friend of Brad’s and could just barely see the fireworks from the backyard. Drinks and smores were an excellent end to a very fun day one.

Thursday was Sea World and the Humane Society. We saw all the shows (well, all but the one we weren’t interested in) including the night shows, which were cool.

We left during the afternoon to tour the San Diego Humane Society then went back to Sea World for the night shows, any of the exhibits we missed, and for the cable car ride which was awesome at night. Definitely got the most out of the Sea World ticket.
Friday we went back to the Humane Society. Since Summer was interested in their training program, we basically got another tour and got to see and play (and help train a little) some of the animals that were up for adoption. Then we went off to La Jolla Cove since it was too crowded to visit on the 4th. We got some great pictures, and Summer got a little bit wet while trying to catch a photo of one of the crabs walking around.

We also walked all the way down to see where the sea lions come up on the beach.

Yes, we walked to the end of the ‘pier’, and yes, we got wet, again. Haha. Then we went to dinner at George’s at the Cove and it was fantastic. We ate upstairs, overlooking the cove; the view, even though it was bit overcast, and the food were both fantastic.

We spent most of Saturday in Balboa Park walking around sightseeing, goofing around, and we also went to the Photography Museum.

We also went down to the Gaslamp Quarter on Saturday to check it out, as well as the ‘Dr. Seuss’ mall. Both the malls we went to, this one and the one with the movie theater and where Brad works, were completely outdoors. Blows my mind that the weather is that great in San Diego. Maybe I’ll rethink not wanting to move again…

Lastly we braved the crowds and saw Transformers, which I have been wildly anticipating for the past, oh, year or so. I was very impressed and very entertained an I want to go see it again while it’s in theaters. Other than that, I’ll keep my inner geek from gushing. The only thing bad about this vacation was that is had to end, sadly. There’s plenty more to do, so I definitely want to go back sometime, and sooner rather than later. It was fun and relaxing and exactly what a vacation should be! I think the next trip might be to Meeeeeeexxxxico though. Sweet.

I ended up with a crazy number of pictures from this trip, and they are all here.