San Diego Vacation Days 1 and 2

We had planned on Dennis and Mary Kaye being here around noon to drop off Mark and Chanelle who would ride with us and we'd caravan to Whiskey Pete's. We were ready and had a few extra minutes to make sure our house was in order and everything was packed. Rylan and Asher were so excited they had been waiting in the van, assigning seats. The fact that they would be sitting in the car for 7 hours didn't matter to them! Once the Doyles got here Kevin packed the van and we were off!!
We had a couple stops along the way for potty breaks but made it to Whiskey Pete's around dinner time. We reluctantly stopped at Carl's Jr--options were limited. Dennis and Mary Kaye joined us after they checked in and the boys had fun playing in the play area. Mary Kaye commented on the state of the hotel: "It looks 30 years older than the last time we stayed here" which was 7 or 8 years ago on our way to California for Matt and Mary's wedding.
We checked in to the hotel--gross. The carpet in the hallway was coming up and duct taped down every few feet. Our bathroom sink leaked and dripped water on our feet. We were glad to only be there for a quick sleep and an early departure.
Wednesday morning we decided on a breakfast at the Original Pancake House. We had seen the signs/building the day before. We all walked in, confused. It was a mini mart that just had advertisements for the Pancake House which was actually inside Buffalo Bills. Our confusion was obvious. One guy said "I think they are in the wrong place"! We decided on McDonald's which was oddly decorated with unicorns and carousel horses. I vaguely remember carousel horses from McD's when I was younger.
We were off to San Diego. Our gps took us a slightly different way than D & MK but we all arrived about the same time. John and Aubrey and Vostis were already there...at the beach actually. It was about 1:00 and check in wasn't until 4:00. Vostis had just been given a room so we unloaded our luggage into their room and changed into our swimsuits to hit up the beach. It was a short walk away and we stopped at a yummy deli for sandwiches on our way.

We were in such a hurry to get to the beach that we didn't think to bring any floaties but Ry did carry along the sand toys. The boys were so excited to play in the sand and in the water. Kevin and some brothers played in the waves and tossed a football. The water was so cold I couldn't stand it! I sat on my beach towel and played with Tyce. A cold wind came in and the skies were a bit cloudy so it became quite chilly. Kevin and Rylan didn't notice but Asher's lips were turning blue.

After a couple hours we headed back to the hotel. We got our room and went to the pool. The hot tub was a good size and felt great. It was hard to get everyone out of the pool but it was dinner time. Angie had made us all chicken and rice with zucchini, corn, and green beans. Oh, it was so good! We all hung out in the Vosti's room until bed time. I put the boys to bed while Kevin, Mark and Chanelle went to the store to get us breakfast foods.