San Diego, Day 1

It's been almost 2 weeks since we got back from San Diego and I am just now getting around to posting some pics from our experience there.  I really enjoyed the city.  The weather was perfect in the middle of February.  I can see why people live there for sure.  It rained for a few days before I got there but my first full day there (while we were being tourist), the weather was absolutely perfect. 
We had a good time visiting.  We did Sea World and the Zoo (to very kid friendly places).  BUT, we did not have Elaina with us.  It felt weird and sad that we did not have her there when she would have loved it but it was nice to BE a kid and not have to be responsible FOR a kid.  We did other "non-kid friendly" things too that made our time together enjoyable.  Now on to Day 1....

SeaWorld

Before we went in.

I have to admit I was not as excited about SeaWorld as Erik was. I just thought it would be walking around looking at animals in a big water tank. But, it was not that at all. It was very entertaining.  We basically walked from show to show and saw the animals do really cool stuff.  First were the Whales.

This pic give a good comparison with how big these animals are... 

Next was the Sea Lion show - Sea Lions Live.  It was a very funny show.

The Sea Lions are totally adorable and funny, here is one diving off a platform into the water.

A quick pose before the "Pet Show"  Not many pictures of this show, too much going on.  Basically it was pets doing tricks - even cats!!!  Crazy, but cool.

Next was the dolphin show.  This was very much like a "Cirque de Soleil" show with dolphins.  They had trapeze people and divers doing crazy stunts.  Here is someone riding a dolphin, really fast.

Riding two dolphins...that would be so much fun

Just to get a glimpse of how big the whales are...

Then we went to a second whale show where they did more stunts/tricks than they did in the first show. The first show was an educational show about the whales.

You can tell the whales really love their trainers and the feeling is mutual.  It's pretty neat to watch.

And of course there was splashing.  We didn't get too wet though so that is good.  We sat far enough away. 

I love turtles, so this exhibit was neat.  I also bought some more turtles for my collection

A view of Mission Bay.. Sea World sits right up on it.

After Sea World, we drove over to La Jolla for dinner at sunset.  Totally gorgeous....  and dinner was good too.  We sat over looking this water.

After dinner we called it a day....  Good day, stay tuned for Day 2......