We got back tonight from a good break in Oceanside, CA. We stayed at the same place that Julie and I stayed at in June, but this time it was a 2 bedroom so we could lock the 3 girls in together. We went to the beach, had some good food, watched the sunset, went to the San Diego Zoo, played Mouse Trap, fed the fish, and all kinds of stuff. Julie’s sister, Lisa, and her family just happened to be in Oceanside at the same time — and even at the same place. I ran into Taylor at the beach the first morning we were there. So we were able to boogie board and party with them at the beach. We topped it off with an evening at Ruby’s at the end of the pier. Grace was especially excited to play with her new friend from St. George.
The weather was perfect — sunny when we needed it, and not so sunny when we didn’t. We drove all the way up to Knott’s Berry Farm on Friday. We got there around 12:30, and saw a sign that said the park closed at 5:30 for their haunted house thing. We decided against shelling out $140 or whatever it would have been for 5 hours of fun. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the rear of the van, but we all survived.
Saturday we woke up to find a lot of rain had fallen, but we headed out to the Zoo anyway. Once we got there it was nice and overcast throughout most of the day. We had a really good time. Gwenyth started feeling bad and had a fever most of the day and today on the way home.
We brought back lots of treasures from the beach. Grace got a few too many shells — some of them I found this morning had clams in them, so it was a bit of a stench when I got her collection ready to head home. The drive home wasn’t bad; we only stopped about 8 times for potty breaks. Plus Julie read to me from her “fix-your-husband” book collection. A fun trip, plus she had turned me into a kindler, gentler, more sensitive listener. Everyone wins.
New pictures are up. I’ll be labeling them when I can. http://www.flickr.com/photos/midder/ It’s back to the grind tomorrow, and it should be quite a grind for the next month or so.
Happy Autumn.