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<u>Day 1 - October 30, 2006 – Part 1</u>

Today was our day to head to Sea World in San Diego. Due to the time difference, we all were up and ready before the wake-up call ever came in. How nice is that?

The Candy Cane Inn offers a complimentary continental breakfast. I had half a bagel with cream cheese, a wonderful cranberry muffin and some apple juice. We all ate heartily and went to the front desk to make sure we had the correct directions to Sea World.

The Inn had directions to anywhere you can think of printed on notepads. The front desk was able to pull out the directions and hand them right over to us. It was so nice! The lady, however, told us we may not want to leave until 9 a.m., since it was rush hour and the I-5 can become very congested. We decided to take our chances. Sea World opened at 10 a.m., and I didn’t want to be late. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

We went back to the room to get our things, and I had to stop to take a couple of pictures of the outside of our room. We loved how the flowers were blooming over our doorway. There were always petals right outside our door. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


Our room and our rental car.

We hopped in the car, got on the road, and came to an odd red light going onto the interstate. I was trying to read the sign when my DH went right through it. I told him he just ran a red light! He said, “Oops.” [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] Come to find out, they have these red lights for merging onto the interstate. When the light turned green, only one car could merge on. I really liked it. We could use those here. Traffic was constantly moving instead of getting bottlenecked. Anyhoo, we got on I-5 and were off. Traffic was not bad at all. The front desk clerk didn’t realize what it is like to drive in Atlanta and DC. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] This was a piece of cake!

I loved the scenery as we drove. I couldn’t get over how brown everything was, and yet it was still pretty. Soon enough, we caught our first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] We came upon a pull over where you could get out, stretch your legs, see the ocean, etc. We pulled over and got out for some photos.


Victoria and Maxine at the Pacific!

Michael and me at the Pacific! (Victoria took this one.)

The view…

Then we noticed these furry creatures. They look like a type of squirrel. Does anyone know what it is? It sure was cute!



Here are pictures that Victoria took with her camera…


We hopped back in the car and got back on the road. The trip was uneventful. We followed the directions and made it to Sea World in about an hour and a half.

Up Next: Sea World!
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