The family and I just returned from an amazing week-long vacation in beautiful San Diego so I thought I’d share a few (OK, a lot) of pictures. Enjoy:
LEGOLand
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Loved these guys, and even the cacti behind them enjoyed the music.
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Um, wow.
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The animal sculptures in the Adventurer’s Club were amazing!
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This polar bear comes right at you! Look out!
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This wolf in Fairy Tale Brook is determined to get some bacon.
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Loved him checking his iPhone!
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Part of the Las Vegas section of Miniland, probably our favorite part of the park.
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A Miniland New Orleans jazz funeral.
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Love the stilt walkers in this parade!
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The architecture stuff in Miniland is pretty amazing. Even my wife was checking out some of the techniques used.
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This is part of the new Star Wars section of Miniland, although it looks like it could be from the movie.
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Unbelievable, right?!
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Love the little mini-Luke!
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Laugh it up, fuzz-brick.
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Aren’t these great?!
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Part of the Enchanted Walk we found after gorging on Granny’s apple fries. (OMG!)
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Loved the LEGO details on the walls while waiting to get into Pharaoh’s Revenge!
Cabrillo
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The scenery here was just amazing. I took so many pictures!
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Lighthouses are an Anderson family vacation fave.
Birch Aquarium
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Not too many pics here (mostly fishtanks inside), but this statue outside was incredible.
Botanic Garden
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We went here on Father’s Day figuring LEGOLand, the Midway and the zoo would be crowded, and we largely had the place to ourselves.
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I don’t know what these are, but wow!
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So pretty!
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Here’s me relaxing. Ahhh….
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What a great way to spend the morning!
Museum of Making Music
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This place was such a little gem! We adored everything about it. I mean, you start out with a piano desk! PIANO DESK!
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The brass player in me was soooo happy.
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Trombones! WOO!
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Did you know Steinway made a special piano during the war? Neat huh?
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OMG, I had that exact Fender Rhodes.
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For whatever reason, my 8-year-old daughter is really into the banjo, and they actually had a special banjo exhibition going.
San Diego Zoo
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And of course we went to the zoo! That’s a red panda being uncooperative.
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We went right to the panda section as soon as it opened and spent loads of time there before it got crowded. So nice!
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Dust bath!
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The capybara is one of my daughter’s favorite animals, and the zoo had tons of them!
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Koala!
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Loved this sun bear just hanging out.
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These were super loud. Every time they made a noise I jumped.
Petco Park
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Another little gem. The 90 minute tour was fascinating! We ate a picnic lunch next to the wiffle ball field outside.
Children’s Pool Beach
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This was the last thing we saw and it was an amazing way to end the trip. Look at all the seals! Wild seals! Right there!
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This guy seemed to love having his picture taken.
Well, that’s it. That’s not even everything we saw and I took hundreds more pictures, but I hope you enjoyed this little peek into our trip.