I was fortunate to take a week off last week and was able to enjoy a vacation “around home” with the family.

Tuesday – Toobin’

Just about an hour South-East of our home is the La Jolla Indian reservation. $15 dollars for the car for the day and $10 each for an inner tube (if you didn’t bring your own) and we had a fun time going down the San Luis Rey River.

We’ll have to go back for a whole day sometime. The water could have been a bit deeper (don’t forget to “butt up”) but it depends on how much they choose to let go from Lake Havasu.

Wednesday – The Wave

Kaelyn went to The Wave Waterpark in Vista during her last week of 5th grade and practically insisted that we all go. Unfortunately, I got sunburned but spending about 6 hours in the sun is hard to protect against.

A lazy river, competition size pool, and four water slides gave plenty of options.

Thursday – Mission Bay

One of our vendors at work treated us to an afternoon at Mission Bay a few weeks ago and I had the opportunity to ride a waverunner for the first time. Going 50 mph on the water is quite thrilling.

I decided to share the experience with the kids. Didn’t go nearly as fast but still had a fun time. We took a little spill trying to turn around which dumped all three of us in the water, but it was more fun than anything else.

Friday – Cabrillo Tide Pools

We drove down to San Diego (picking up Becky‘s mom on the way) and went to the Cabrillo National Monument.

Walking around the tide pools, we saw plenty of other folks and various forms of waterlife.

I miss being around the ocean. I grew up in Encinitas and spent much of my summers being a beach bum.

Saturday – Company Picnic

My work does a summer picnic every year. This one was in Poway (so was last year’s but we missed it) and unfortunately, was lightly attended and as a result was kinda booring.

The company events are getting more awkward as the company grows. More and more people I don’t recognize.

It was a good week. Can’t wait to do it again sometime. Granted, I’m hoping that maybe next time it’ll be sans kids.