After dropping off Felix at his conference, we drove north to La Jolla's Scripps Institute to explore the Birch Aquarium. Both Emmy and Malea were fascinated with all the colorful fish and sea life.
Malea felt a little trepidation stepping into this shark's mouth, but it was an irresistable photo op, and a little coaxing from me convinced her that it would be a fun picture to share with friends.
On Thursday, we spent the morning exploring the San Diego Zoo. Needless to say, Malea LOVED seeing so many animals that she's only read about in books. "Look Mom! Elephants, zebra, baby giraffe, gorilla...!"
It was a hot day and Emmy was happy to stretch a bit when we stopped for a lunch break.
That afternoon, San Diego had a massive power outage (we learned later that it knocked out electricity to over 1.4 million people in/around San Diego). Luckily, our place had a grill, and we cooked up some meat and ate dinner at dusk on the patio. Bedtime was especially fun for Malea, as we read books to the flickering candlelight.
On Friday, it was all about the beach!
Check out the famous Hotel del Coronado in the background...
When we asked Malea if she wanted to go home and take a nap, she told us she could take her nap right there on the beach!
Malea was not the biggest fan of all the noise made by the Navy fighter jets buzzing overhead,
so we drove over the other side of Coronado Island to check out the Ferry Landing.
Emmy is definitely very intrigued with food and often tries to snag a bite of real food for herself!
We visited another San Diego highlight, Balboa Park, on Saturday.
Elmo is starting to build up a travel history too:
Malea made friends with a bird while we were at the park,
and then decided to ride a hand carved bird on the Balboa Park carousel.
We spent our last evening in San Diego back on the beach running through the waves! So fun!
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