Vacation Part Two

Love me some In-n-Out Burger!!

First time to see the ocean!

That water is COLD!

San Diego is AWESOME. I have decided I could move there and be a beach bum!

Best. Ramada. Inn. Ever.

Hadley giggled and giggled about the Panda butt wrinkles… Lance had his heart set on seeing this snow leopard. Unfortunately, he snoozed the whole time we were at that exhibit. :(

We went down to Hollywood Blvd. That was the most disappointing touristy thing we did. The area was pretty seedy and filled with people trying to sell you stuff! But we saw it—saw the famous Hollywood sign on the hill and saw some stars on the sidewalk.

Santa Monica Pier was a lot of fun. We had planned to spend some time on the pier, then finish out the day swimming and playing in the water. BUT, it was SO cold that we spent all of our time on the pier. The kids rode the roller coaster and we piddled around. We also ate our nicest (read most expensive) meal at Bubba Gump’s on the pier. Hadley and I ate at a Bubba Gump’s in Denver, but it was David and Lance’s first time. It was so fun to eat there and look out onto the beach and the ocean! This pier was in the movie----remember the scene where he is running and runs out onto the pier? Yep. This is the spot! Our waitress quizzed us on movie trivia and we were pretty awesome! We know our Forrest Gump! One last In-n-Out burger before leaving…. (for everyone except Lance. We got him some Asian food from a place across the street.) It was a really nice, spur-of-the-moment trip. I’m so glad we got to go!