So, this year we decided to forego the usual family trip to Mammoth with my parents and decided to start our own tradition. Since gas prices are so high, most of our vacation was more of a “stay”-cation (I hear that’s the new hip term for staying at home on your vacation). It was nice to relax, spend some time together and ignore the ever present flow of email.

We did, however, get out of the house for a couple days to go to San Diego to visit the Zoo and Sea World. We had a great time on our adventure together. Kenzie and Avery both love animals so this was a great couple of days for them.

We decided to visit the Zoo on the first day to get it out of the way. The San Diego Zoo has some fascinating creatures to view... and it has a lot of hills... and it can be hot... It’s a good time, but exhausting.

We saved Sea World for the second day because Tina and I find it relaxing. Even if it’s crowded, we don’t feel rushed. It’s generally cooler and, being right by the bay, very mellow. That was a blast. We’re now at the point where we skip the shows and just go to the various aquariums, look at the animals and slowly wander around avoiding the crowds as much as possible.

I’ve created two photo albums for the two days.

You can view the Sea World photos here...

You can view the Zoo photos here...

I sure hope we can do something like this again next year.