Vacation Day 1 & 2

The day finally arrived! It was the last day of school and the start of our trip. We took off right after school yesterday and headed off toward Vegas, making a quick stop in Provo to hand the doggie off to Papa and then we were off. The first leg of the trip went really well with a couple of quick pit stops and a stop in Cedar City for some dinner. Once we hit the gorge after St George though, trouble struck and we blew a tire on the car. We were able to rearrange kids and seats and get the spare on and went into Mesquite just to find out we were about 30 minutes later than all of the tire shops closed. We called a mobile service who was absolutely no help and told us just to keep going on the spare. So we headed back off and drove all the way to Vegas and our hotel on the donut with our fingers crossed the whole way. It was late so we just unloaded what we absolutely needed and headed off to bed at the hotel.

Luckily for us there was a Discount Tire right across the street (literally) from our hotel in Vegas. So first thing in the morning when we got up and ready we were there, getting the tire replaced and ended up replacing one more as well. So 2 new tires and refreshed, we set back off.

We made pretty good time and ended up stopping at this cute little 50's diner in the middle of the desert for lunch. It was called Peggy Sue's Diner. It was really fun, but the camera was buried so no pics. All of the waitresses and other diners swooned over our kids and entertained us all and we spent some time walking around their little gift shop checking out all their fun stuff, then it was back in the car. From there we went straight on into San Diego, only hitting a small amount of traffic for about 25 minutes and then it was smooth sailing to the hotel. We got checked in and decided we were determined to still make it to a beach even though we got into town later than expected. So we set off to Coronado Beach. The weather was a lot chillier than we expected but we still had a really good time and it was a fun way to stretch out after a long trip. I also got to put Faith in her cute mermaid outfit I talked a girl at my work into crocheting for her for a couple pics.

After the beach, it was time for dinner. We attempted to head downtown to find a spot, but it turned out there was a Padres home game going on so it was packed. We got a nice little taste of downtown though. We decided in the end just to go back to the hotel and bathe the kids and order room service. It worked out perfectly and the boys enjoyed sitting on the floor eating their pizza and checking out the views.

It was a semi-rough start but so worth it once we arrived.