Sea World

On Thursday (9/6) of our trip to sunny CA, we drove 90 minutes south to San Diego and enjoyed a day at Sea World!  We picked a perfect day in the sense there weren't many people there at all - place was pretty wide open...but it was probably one of the hottest days we had while in CA.  I totally expected it to be cooler since we were closer to the ocean, but once we got into the park that cool ocean breeze was a distant memory.  By the way...there is NO shade at Sea World!

First thing we did while there was head to the Shamu show and we purposely sat up front in the "soak zone" so we could cool off!  It worked, we got soaked and cooled off - thanks to the hot sun, we also dried up pretty quick too (but were left with the feel of salt everywhere on ourselves)!

They have a little Sesame Street Land at Sea World now - we lucked out and happened to walk through it just as Elmo and Cookie Monster were coming out for photos!  Took Landon a minute to warm up to the fact the monsters he watches on TV were now standing there in front of him and trying to give him a hug - but he got used to it and humored us with a photo!  Zane of course had no problem at all jumping into the picture!  He's a little old for Sesame Street, but he still got a kick out of seeing these guys!

While at Sea World - Zane was brave enough to "pet" a manta ray - just like Landon with the monsters, it took Zane a little while to warm up to touching these guys, but once he did he was so proud of himself!  If you ask Zane what they felt like, he'll say they were "slimy soft" - I agree, but I kinda liked the feel of them!  Landon had absolutely NO interest in touching these fish - I tried!

Sea World was probably my least favorite park we visited while down there, but it was still a lot of fun and the boys had a blast, so that is all that matters!