Vacation

Well we are having a great time here in San Diego. Our hotel is everything we were hoping it would be. You never know when you book something over Expedia whether it will really be like you planned when you get there. But our hotel is the nicest that I have ever stayed at, which isn't saying too much, and is right on the beach and we have a partial view oceanfront view, which surprisingly does have a great view of the ocean from the balcony. The rooms are large and we ended up with 2 queen sized beds which actually works out great since I sleep with about 50 pillows around me at night being pregnant and all. So we each took got our own bed (hey, this isn't a honeymoon). There is a large flat panel plasma TV, a robe to wear, they turn down our bed while we are at dinner and leave chocolates on the pillow. Greyson makes sure to enjoy the wine happy hour where they serve all sorts of alcohol for free down by the patio/pool area. We made a large mistake yesterday however. It was the first really warm sunny day and we sat by the pool reading books, swimming and having drinks brought to us every half hour. And after about 3 hours we were pretty much fried. The only sunscreen I had with us was my Oil of Olay and I think that just washed off with the first swim I took. But I feel a bit better this morning. But the hotel is lovely and I would recommend it if you can get a good price like we did. I think it goes for around $415/night if you book with the hotel but I know we only paid around $180 or so through expedia and to us the extra touches and oceanfront location were completely worth it and made the stay.

So far we have done lots of eating, visited the zoo and wild animal park, visited wine country where Greyson did some wine tasting, explored the boardwalk, relaxed poolside, etc. Today we are going to Sea World and then somewhere fun for dinner and we return home tomorrow. This has really been a great vacation and really the first real one since we have been married (almost 8 years by the way). Well, I think it is time to go down and have breakfast while we watch the surfers do there thing.

Hey, I did notice one weird thing while I was here, the seagulls don't make that awful racket like they do on the Oregon coast. It is really strange.

-Mel