20th Anniversary Trips - A PTR for a first ever Disney Cruise and a trip to California!

[hardcorestitch]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

12 days till out trip!!!!
Your panicking! I'm not panicking!!! Your panicking!!

The more I try to plan the more I am unsure of what I am planning....

Our First Day:
Our hotel is in La Jolla, which seems to be about 15 minute drive from the San Diego Airport. Our flight gets us in at 9-ish at night (California time) So midnight our time. So, I we will probably be tired in the morning. So, I have debated what to do this day. I landed on us staying "local" in La Jolla today. So, this is our "La Jolla Day"
The other piece of info, is as of now, we are not renting a car for the whole trip. So, as of now we are uber / lyfting it everywhere. So one of the questions I need to determine is if we do need a car the whole time or not.
So, I have a few items planned for today. I found a trail called Annie's Canyon Trail just north of our hotel, It looks to be about 15 minute drive from the hotel.

This is the description of the hike on one of the websites I found: Experience this 2.3-mile loop trail near Solana Beach, California. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 1 h 6 min to complete. Here is a link of a guy walking the trail if anyone is intrested: https://hikingguy.com/hiking-trails/hiking-san-diego/annies-canyon-trail-guide/

It is a slot canyon which Andy was kind of excited to experience
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I will probably need to show the family the video from the one website. Not sure how Morgan will feel about the tight quarters. But my thought was we do this hike in the morning, not get up super early but this would be the morning activity. Not sure if we would have time to go back to the hotel and relax for a bit or if we would just go straight to La Jolla.... hoping we could pit stop at the hotel for a bit.
And then in the afternoon we would head into La Jolla. Looks like coast line is about a 10 minute drive from the hotel.

I think the plan would be to get lunch first before we explore La Jolla.
I found a restaurant called Duke’s La Jolla https://www.dukeslajolla.com/menus/

It's a Hawaiian themed food, and Andy and I went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. So it would be fitting to go here on this trip.
My other option is the Taco Stand for lunch. https://www.letstaco.com/
This place came up a few times as best tacos in San Diego. And there is a location here in La Jolla. I will probably poll the family on which to go to. And we might do the other on another night.

I found 3 stops along the coast that I figure we would enjoy.

• Sunny Jim's Sea Cave
• Children's Pool La Jolla
• La Jolla Tide Pools

I mapped it out and it looks like it should be a 24 minute walk, which we would stop at each place.

Sunny Jim's Sea Cave says it's a self guided "tour" and you should plan about 30 minutes to explore the area.
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Next stop is Children's Pool. It sounds like this is the place to see sea lions and probably a place to stop for just as long as we want to look at the sea lions.

A description of the area: The Children's Pool in La Jolla, also known as Casa Beach, is a small beach area partially protected by a seawall. Originally intended as a safe swimming area for children, it has become a popular spot for harbor seals and sea lions, especially during pupping season. The beach is known for its picturesque views and is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike

And then the last stop is a Jolla Tide Pools. And as I am typing this up, I am realizing that I will need to see when low tide is. This is best to see at low tide.... Which from a quick google search should be 3:15 PM on this day. So, my order of events still stands!!!
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This is another area that we will just explore as much as we want, probably half an hour...

After all of that, I am pretty sure we will be done for the day. Not sure what we would want to do for dinner this night... I have to figure that out.

I did find two places near the hotel that we might be able to doordash to the hotel if we wanted:
Poki One n Half https://onenhalf.com/
Calvins’ Korean Chicken https://calvinskhotchicken.square.site/?location=11eb334b605193bf8648ac1f6bbbd01e#5

Uber / Lyft tally possibly (4) 15 minute rides... or (2) 15 minute rides and (1) 20 - 25 minute ride.

What do you guys think, I am thinking this is a doable plan. Not too much for one day. But it's hard to truely tell.

I’m actually trying to script San Diego before Disneyland too! I declined other theme parks this month… all just for Disney. Hopefully you continue to have great success scripting your San Diego window… you’re giving me a little inspiration for my window.