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Part #2 of Staycation 2008

Alright, we have gotten a little ridiculous about this staycation business.  Sat and I have been talking about writing about the second half of our mini vacation for the longest time but were both too lazy to write.  So here it is for you – albeit, a condensed version.

Day 3:

On Saturday we got a slow start but left to pick up my parents at their hotel around 11 since we all had to be checked out by noon.  On our way over we stopped by Vons to pick up some breakfast and some tape (dad’s luggage split on the way to CA).  After we picked them up we headed to Long beach to check out the aquarium and Queen Mary.  The aquarium was pretty cool – but BUSY.  As some of you already know, I don’t do well with crowds, they make me a little crazy.  Had I not been having my crazy anxiety and personal space issues I probably would have really enjoyed it. (I’m sure Sat will post some pictures to compliment this text, but if not, check out his Flickr – they should all be there.)

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Staycation 2008 Recap: Days 1-2

Alright, I’m afraid it is getting to the point where if I don’t make a post about our vacation last weekend that I won’t get around to it at all. Motivation is such a weird thing sometimes.

For those of you who missed our last post—honestly, how could you when its been about 2 weeks ago!—Colleen and I set out on a so-called “Staycation” in beautiful Southern California. Colleen’s parents were in Newport Beach for a conference all week so we decided to join them on Thursday and Friday to provide them with hours of entertainment. We were pretty excited to check out Orange County for the first time (for something other than driving through, that is). In preparation for the trip, we decided to plan out some fun things to do while we were there. That’s when it dawned on us: Orange Country kinda sucks. Sure, it’s got miles of nice beaches but, guess what, San Diego does too. The unfortunate part is that it doesn’t have much more than beaches and shopping, two things that aren’t particularly exciting to us.

I suddenly got the wise idea to check out Catalina Island since its one of the major attractions in the area. We could spend a whole day there and pretty much avoid the whole Orange County scene. There was just one minor hang-up: we’re cheap and the boat ride to Catalina isn’t. Read the rest of this entry »

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