Carlsbad Part 2

Hello everyone. I had trouble with part 1 of this post, and had to quit and walk away. I kept having paragraphs disappear. Paragraphs! Even if I saved every few minutes. Oh well. Let's continue:

After candy shopping, we needed to stop and eat dinner. We picked the place with the long line. Hodad's. They served these awesome burgers and fries and rings and beer in a chilled glass jar and shakes with a chunk of ice cream on top. It was yummy and fun and loud (music) and eclectic and we will definitely be going back (yes, Trevor, we will take you there).

We really enjoyed Ocean Beach. It had a relaxed vibe. Definitely a dog town. They were everywhere. Just chillin.

And the old VW vans were everywhere. Kinda had a crush on them. Especially if they had a surfboard tied to the top!

Time to head to Carlsbad. Checked into the 2nd hotel. Went to the Queen Bee Market. Really cute stuff there, but smaller than I expected. Still managed to spend too much money! Girls had fun shopping. Mark was a good sport around all that girlie stuff!

Back to hotel and bed.

Saturday

Girls slept in late. Mark and I had breakfast at the buffet (not the best). I edited photos and Mark watched YouTube videos and laughed a lot. Hung out by pool and read (Mark napped). Girls watched cartoons in room. They missed some gorgeous weather!

Shopping at Carlsbad Outlets. Fossil store. Coach store. Dooney and Burke store. I did not buy anything. Katie and Emma did buy. I definitely have some teen girls on my hands!

Planned on eating at Anthony's, then heading out, but we ended up at Subway to save time. So sorry to miss the shrimp and fish basket! Next time!

Home 5 hours later. Took soooo much strength to head home. Wanted to stay. Forever. Showered and fell asleep. I'm always sad when a getaway is over. But I do have another one to look forward to (Palm Springs with hubby only for 20th anniversary).

And if anyone is interested in my mini-book I was supposed to work on during the trip.....it didn't happen. The Instamax didn't work right. Think maybe the film was too old (even though it didn't expire until Oct. 2012. All the photos turned out white, with no detail. So, I'm hoping to pick up printer ink today and print tomorrow morning. Will share when complete!

Thanks for staying for the long 2-day post. Hope you get a chance to walk barefoot along an ocean this summer!