Carlsbad/San Diego Zoo Trip

Well we made the long journey to Carlsbad California again to go camping over the long Nevada Day weekend. I have to say that it is one of my favorite family vacations that we go on. We had such a big group going this year that we took two vehicles. Our trip consisted on Henry and myself, Cameron and Tyler, Kennen Lee (a nephew), Andreas Hultgren (our foreign exchange student from Norway), Toby (another student from Finland), and Sabrina (another student from Germany). We only have Andreas (Andy) living with us but the other two were invited along to enjoy some California time with us. We left Friday morning and basically drove all day to get there. We stopped at Primm Nevada and rode the roller coaster, which everyone enjoyed. That is except Tyler because he still hasn't gotten the nerve to ride roller coasters yet. I told everyone that we don't make many stops but it turned out we stopped just about everywhere. I think the 8.5 hour trip took us 10.5 hours. But we finally made it and set up camp. Saturday we spent the whole day at the beach where everyone frolicked in the ocean. Tyler was building sand castles with some of our other friends that go to Carlsbad during this same weekend. Sand castle building always has a way of turning into a mud fight. Sunday we went to the San Diego Zoo because that is Mom's "happy place". I think everyone puts up with going again and again because I love it so much. This year the highlight of my trip was feeding the giraffes!!! I was so excited that I could hardly constrain myself.