It was our last full day in San Diego and we wanted to make sure we drove to places that we had missed days before so we headed over to the Children's Pool in La Jolla. This is a popular destination because these seals took over this area years ago and it's been closed up to the public ever since. Some people were upset by it and others were in favor of the seals. I personally think it's neat that the seals have a place to hang out at. There's plenty of other beaches were people can go.
Looking back on this trip I'm glad we decided to bring Riley along. He'll have all these memories to last him forever. It'll be fun for him to share these pictures with his own kids someday, and for them to see how long and messy his hair was, lol.
His face, lol!
And never before in my life had I seen a baby seagull. It's cute!
Nice cloudy sky. Looks cold but it wasn't.
Then we drove a few miles and stopped by Mission Beach. This area is geared towards the young adult crowd. Even when I was a teenager this place had never appealed to me. It was a bit too crazy for me then but now that I'm older, that lifestyle doesn't face me. I know not to get mixed up in that crazy crap. We basically just came here to buy some souvenirs to take home.
We did walk around a little. It had been a while since we've actually walked around here and I know that this water thing wasn't around when I was a teenager. Jacob thought it would be cool to try and is hoping that whenever we visit San Diego in the future that he'll convince Nathan to try it with him.
After we were done walking around we headed back to Old Town. I wanted to walk around since we didn't get the chance to do that when we were here several days earlier.
We ate at a different restaurant than last time.
You all know that Riley is a very picky eater ... well, when he began eating this black bean dip I was SO shocked. The waiter even brought a second one and he ate it all too. I don't like that stuff so I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He loved it, lol!
Our food wasn't great. Old Town has changed SO SO much throughout the years. Nothing here is authentic Mexican food anymore. It's all Mexican American fare which is NOT the kind of Mexican food that I like. We left Old Town very displeased. Good thing we do know where to get real Mexican food at. I guess for us, from now on we'll just go to Old Town for appetizers and drinks and to enjoy the scenery but that's it.
But the desserts are still decent. This fried ice cream was actually pretty good.
We spent our late afternoon at the laundry mat. I didn't want to fly back home with a suitcase full of dirty clothes. Riley complained the entire time. I don't blame him. Who wants to spend several hours at the laundry mat while on vacation. I didn't either but it had to be done.
I like to take pictures of Jacob when he dozes off because when I call him out on it he always denies it so now I have proof that he did ... although he'll argue that I really couldn't prove that he was asleep because he had sunglasses on and I couldn't see his eyes. But if you look closely you'll see his mouth is slightly open so I won!!! And Riley is totally out, lol!!!
Then we drove around Coronado one last time before calling it a day. Coronado is so pretty! and it really hasn't changed much. It's looked like this for years, for as long as I can remember!
It was a warm evening so we hung out outside with my dad for a while. Riley loves to run around and I sometimes worry he'll trip and bust his lip or hit his head hard on the concrete floor. Boys are so fearless.
My sister sent me these two pictures of Sophie. She's such a character. Cats expressions are the best. These next two pictures of her made me crack up.
