U.S. Road Trip Day 3: Destination San Diego

Behind San Diego's beaches and large theme parks are hidden parks untouched by tourists. Today, I took Elisa and Penny to a park we found the last time I was in town. We actually found it during a detour from the beach ... okay, I got lost and found the park after 1 hour. It is located on East Mission Bay Drive, right off of Interstate 5. The park had several, let me repeat, several playgrounds. The main playground sat in fine sand, while the surrounding playgrounds sat on soft-fall rubber. My sister bought a new double stroller for her trip to Hawaii. We took it with us to try out. Once we arrived at the park we laid out a blanket and had our lunch. Elisa had a peanut butter sandwich and Penny had a ham sandwich. I had packed them sliced nectarines which they slowly enjoyed as they looked on at the kids playing on slides. 

After the girls finished their lunches, they ran off, disappearing in the jungle gyms and swing sets. I folded up the blanket, packed away empty sandwich bags, and pushed the stroller closer to the girls. I placed the breaks on the stroller and ran after Penny who wanted to try out the swings. After she tired of the swings, she decided to climb the tall poles that held the structure of the jungle gym. I watched on as the 2 year old daredevil maneuvered around the bigger kids who stopped what they were doing to watched. 

 

After 3 hours at the park, Elisa and Penny climbed into their stroller and I walked them around the park which was 2 miles (there are 1/2 mile markers on the sidewalk). We headed home thereafter. Tomorrow we will be heading to the San Diego Animal Park. My sister found a great deal on LivingSocial. It is about 40 minutes away from my sister's house. I will pack the girls' lunches. The last time I took Elisa and Penny to the San Diego Zoo we spent the whole day observing the animals while I gave them facts. I think we will be spending the same amount of time at the Wild Animal Park.