San Diego Vacation Day 3 - LEGOLAND Water Park & Moving to PB

Day 3 started with breakfast in the hotel, followed by packing up and checking out. Then we walked over to the water park for a day of splashing around. We decided not to mess with our cameras much and just enjoy the day, so I only have a couple of pictures to share. You can check it out online if you're curious.

Overlooking the new Chima section

This was our little family's first water park adventure and we had a total blast. The new Chima area had just opened a few weeks before, so we started there at the Lion Temple Wave Pool and then spent some time building a racing LEGO boats. Then we headed to the area above with the crocodile head. That was more of a big splash pad, so after not very long we relocated to where the big slides are.

Spencer was so excited to try big water slides for the first time and he was instantly hooked. There was a pair of side-by-side enclosed slides called Twin Racers; a single open slide called Splash Out; and the most fun of all, Orange Rush where we got to ride together in a big round raft. We spent a good hour or hour and a half riding those three things over and over before the park got busier. We had some lunch and then cruised along the Build-a-Raft lazy river for a long time.

Oh yeah, there's a water ride in LEGOLAND that also has an entrance from the water park. It's the kind where you get completely soaked, and it has a pretty tall drop. My tender Mommy heart was nervous for Spencer once we got on, but he was just fine (though he said once was enough!). That plunge started really high...

When we finished at the park we made a last trip to the gift shop (and now that I think about it, maybe it was this day that we had ice cream...), then we said goodbye to LEGOLAND. What a great two days!

We took the short drive down the coast to our new location for the rest of the trip: Pacific Beach. Spencer absolutely crashed out during the drive.

I found a great little house on Airbnb that was perfect for us and just a 2-minute walk from the beach. Of course I didn't take a bunch of pictures... if you're really interested you can see it here.

For the life of me I can't remember what we did for dinner (fish taco place?), but Spencer and I took a quick stroll to the beach that evening while Dave made a grocery run. We got settled into our home base for the rest of the week and enjoyed a good night's sleep with the windows open!

Next up: Birch Aquarium and USS Midway.