We took a much-needed vacation to California just before Thanksgiving. The trip started with an early morning flight out (we had to take the sleeping Keegster out of his car seat and snowsuit to get through security!) from 13 degrees in Minneapolis to 83 in San Diego. The three of us walked the La Jolla caves and shops before taking our time getting back to Palm Springs.
We stayed in the Springs for two nights at my favorite, semi-cheap tiki-themed hotel. Keegan went swimming for the first time and loved it (then not so much the second time), we ate GREAT food that I missed, and met up with JP and his girlfriend. The second day, we got out to Idyllwild to hike the Devil's Slide and visit various little shops. The next morning before heading back to San Diego, we hiked the Museum Trail (Lykken) and had breakfast with some friends.
That night we found Old Town and had GIANT margaritas and awesome Mexican food. The next day, we experienced Balboa Park, Ocean Beach and played around at Horton Plaza. For our last full day, we walked the boardwalk and piers of Mission and Pacific Beaches, went to Hotel Coronado and rounded out the night with some Inn-N-Out burgers with animal style fries.
It was pretty sad to leave, especially since it was a cool 80-90 degrees throughout our stay, and Minnesota was insane coldness. But California will always be just a plane, train, or automobile away.
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Sounds like you hit all the good spots, but I must say that you need to get a bit more creative with your vacation destination choices -- Seattle perhaps?
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