I thouroughly enjoyed this past weekend. I was able to have the time of my life with my family. It had been a while since I have seen them. I was able to get work off that week so I drove home with my brother from Utah and then the next day we went to San Diego. Just so you know, that is a ton of driving in two day period of time. When we first got there we suited up in our swim suites and ran into the ocean. Tessa and I literally ran into the ocean. We knew it was going to be very cold so we just did it fast. When you are in for five min. your body gets numb so you don't feel the cold. We did a lot of boogy boarding which is so fun when you catch a good wave. Next step is actually surfing. One day the waves were so enormous it was very difficult to catch the waves. My poor brother in law got stung by a jelly fish. It was his first time ever stepping into the ocean and he got stung.
The first full day that we were there we went to Sea World. It was a blast. I have wanted to go all of my life and we were actually able to go. There was so much to do there. My favorite parts were the Orka and the Seals and a roller coaster called the Manta. So much fun.
We first went to the Ship Wreck Reef and did the water rapids. The second ride we went on and we got soaked. Some more than others. Start the day off wet was interesting.
Tori and Emily got the wettest on the rapids.
There were some HUGE HUGE fish in the aquarium. I have never seen a fish this big before.
We are waiting for the Okra show to start.
The Orka's are so neat to see in person. Hearing them is awesome. Seeing them jump out of the water is neat because they are so huge. The best part was the spraying.those whales can sure spray really well. I felt bad for a group of people because the whale kept flipping water at them five times in a row. I think I only got sprayed twice in a row. It is so funny.
Next is the Seals. Holy Smokes they are awesome. They are so smart and talented. They did olympics and one part was to sit on a ledge and the end of the pool, catch the ball on their nose, jump into the pool with the ball still on the nose, swim to the net, jump over the net with the ball still on the nose, then jump onto the other ledge. I thought that there was no way that would happen but it did! It was amazing to see that happen.
Tessa and I could not stay away from our childhood ambitions any longer. We just had to build a sand castle. It turned out pretty awesome.
We went on this really long bike ride around some of San Diego. There are four more people that joined us on the bike ride so we had 12 people riding bikes down a street. If we got lost some people would point and say that the other bikes went the direction they were pointing. It was awesome. I am glad that we didn't get killed on the streets. So much traffic. We are waiting to get on the boat to get to the heart of San Diego.
Some picture of Tessa, Emily, Tori and I on the boat.
We stopped by some rose gardens. The roses smelt so so so very good. I couldn't smell long enough.
This is a favorite rose picture of mine that I took. I was looking all over the garden looking for a just barely coming out rose, a half way bloomed rose, and a fully bloomed rose. I thought it neat to relate it to life. New life is the barely coming out rose, maturing life is the half way bloomed rose, and you prime life is the fully bloomed rose.
After the long bike rid we had so quite delicious ice cream from ben and jerry's.
My butt was so sore from bike riding. I didn't know I had the bones in my body that were already sore. the morning was brutal. I will probably not get on my bike for a little while now. The next day after we rode our bikes, we decided that we were done with san diego and wanted to go home. I think the bike ride took a lot out of us. But I was greatful to be able to go on that lovely trip to San Diego.
