Saint Diego

So I'm finally getting around to discussing my muy eventful trip to San Diego for Spring Break! Me and Laura and Tricia decided we needed a break from life (and Laura and I had some days off) so we flew out to San Diego. Luckily my uncle lives out there so we had to pay for airfare but that's about it! He let us stay at his house, he gave us a car to drive and he hooked us up with his GPS system to get us around (which we literally would have driven into the ocean without it).

We got there Wednesday night and got to his house. Well, he has about a billion animals living there and I had an allergic reaction to ALL of them. My whole face swelled up and my eyes were watering and it was probably the funniest thing ever. Luckily my cousin (who's room we were staying in) had some Benadryl so my face could go back to it's original size. For all of you who remember the 2-face incidents (Ashley's sleepover and the bridal show at Kassie's), it was like that times a hundred! My face was monstorous.

The next day we got up and went to Sea World! My cousin Tricia works there so we got in for free! We decided to go on the Atlantis ride first. Hair+Humidity+Water Ride=BAD idea! We were the frizz masters the entire day. My cousin met up with us at like noon and was our personal tour guide the rest of the day. It was awesome!

Around 5 she called up my uncle and he met us there and she totally got us the hookups back stage at the Wild Arctic Exhibit where she works sometimes. So we got to go back into the holding tanks for the seals and the Belluga whales and got to feed them! We had to grab slimy frozen fish out of a bucket and chuck them to the animals. Kinda nasty! Then we got to pet the Bellugas. The seals would literally bite our hands off so we stayed away from petting them! We also got to watch them feed the Polar Bears but they would literally eat us so we had to watch from a window while the worker fed them with tongs. Way cool!

After Sea World we went down to Sea Port Village and just did some shopping and hanging out. Laura and I shared a romantic dinner and I think Tricia was jealous! And we saw a man who looked like he was the spawn of Uncle Jesse and Uncle Joey! Probably the funniest looking man I've ever seen in my life and I wish I would have gotten a picture!

The next day we got up and went to La Jolla beach and it was BEAUTIFUL! The weather was incredible and the beach was amazing. We layed out and spent a little bit of time playing in the FREEZING ocean and then hit up some of the shops around there. When we got back we put down our towels in front of this group of pretty old leathery men. They had a younger guy with them who had a huge handle-bar mustache and they were checking out all the girls on the beach and talking about "mustache rides!" We couldn't stop laughing. Then they got into a discussion that girls are going bi because it doubles their chances and the mustache guy was saying that he was going to try it out to double his chances! Sickest old men ever! And straight leather skin! Hot!

After that we went home and got ready and met my aunt's brother and some of their friends at the Yacht Club because her brother Frankie has a huge boat called the WaaTooSee and we went on a bay cruise. Okay, first of all the boat was ridiculous. SO huge and so beautiful and Frankie was blasting the Chili Peppers the whole time, which only made it better. We saw these huge ugly sea lions, we had porpoises jumping right next to us on the boat, and we had the sun setting right over the city. It was amazing. There was singing, drinking (Diet Coke for us, more alcohol for everyone else!), pole dancing (that one was from us), picture taking (including the Titanic pose), and just some good times. When we got our land legs back we went to some restaurant and had Calamari (which is surprisingly not bad for squid) and really good pizza. We shared some embarassing secrets (Mostly just Tricia) and got hassled for not drinking and once everyone else had had sufficint amounts of alcohol (or Diet Coke) we left. My aunt, uncle and the girls drove up to some scenic overlook (makeout point) that was amazing.

Saturday morning we headed up to my aunt's parent's Ranch called Ranchita Margharita (named after her mom Maggie) which is in the Cleveland National Forest. We fed their animals and we went in a Jeep and a Club Car and on 4-wheelers on a tour around their 70-ish acres of land. We also shot a whole bunch of guns! I never knew I was such a sharp-shooter so you'd better watch out! I'm pretty much awesome! The Ranch was hilarious. My aunt Katie's dad Frank is a well known judge in San Diego and he is probably the least politically correct person I have ever met and I have never heard so many dirty jokes in so little time in my life! It was awesome!

Sunday morning we found a church and then drove to check out the Temple. It was so pretty! We took some pictures and talked to the cute sister from missionary who was representing Ephraim and then we went home and headed to the airport. :(

We flew from San Diego to San Francisco where we had a 3 hour layover. We had a very spiritual Easter dinner of Chinese food in the airport and took full advantage of the beds in Brookstone. While we were at the gate they offered us $600 credit on United and a free night hotel if we'd wait and fly home Monday. Laura and I didn't work on Monday so we decided to take it! We spent the night in San Fran and ate the most expensive breakfast ever (even with the vouchers!) and flew home Monday.

It was way fun and i took far too many pictures so I'll just post the link for my pictures on facebook and you can hit them up there! Here you go:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=102097&l=edd4f&id=828585456