Tuesday, July 17, 2018

LEGOLAND, Part One



 This was my very first time visiting LEGOLAND in Carlsbad. There are so many amazing things to see and I took over four hundred photos. That might be too many to share, and even though I will be breaking things up into several posts, I still don't think I will show all of them. The park is bog, they have more to the resort than the one park, and so much more to see that I will need to take another trip there. I hope that will be sooner rather than later.
 Yay! Here I am at the entrance, ready to start my day.

 They have a castle themed hotel that looks like it would be so much fun to stay in. I definitely want to spend a couple of nights in one of the LEGO hotels!
 Of course they have a Star Wars greeter.

 The first 'land' I explored was themed to Ninjago.

 There was a great interactive ride where waving/flicking your hands would allow you to fight the bad guys.






 After leaving the Ninjago area, I looked in a LEGO play area. They had it in sections where the larger bricks were in one part and the regular ones were in a different part.




 There was a fun giraffe just outside the play room.

 Bison attack!


 After my near-death experience with the bison, I needed to refuel. Pizza did the trick.
 What are you looking at, wise guy?




 The next ride I went on was the Coast Cruise. This is a boat ride where there are models of famous places, all made of LEGO bricks.




 There are also animals in the cruise.






 London

















 There was a fun band playing at the end. And all of these statues are all made from LEGO bricks. Impressive!



Monday, July 16, 2018

Officially San Diego!

 After driving from Los Angeles, through Orange County and a stop at Calafia Beach, I made it to San Diego. One of the first things I did was walk across the Spruce Street suspension bridge.


 The bridge was a bit wobbly but that made it exciting.



 The bridge crossed a small canyon. I wasn't scared to be up that high. I love adventure!


  After a round trip on the bridge, I took a quick walk through of Balboa Park.

 There are some fun statues for teddies to climb.

 I think it is amusing when bike racks are shaped like bikes.

 One of my favorite things about Balboa Park is they have a lot of fountains.


 There are sixteen museums in the park. These art installations are just outside their art museum.


 And here is their giant fountain.


 It's pretty at night, but I am sure it looks even more awesome during the day.


After all of that travel, it was time to get to my lodging and to bed. My next day was going to be super busy.