Category Archives: Traveling with kids

Traveling With Kids – San Diego Zoo – Animal Magnetism

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Joe Cummings

Animal Magnetism When in the zoo, see the animals. Here they are. The elephants I like. The Prettiest-girl-in-the-world is worried that one is just swaying side to side. She says that’s a bad sign. I think the elephants are ok. … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – The Zoo Rules

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Joe Cummings

The Zoo Rules Another adventure. More animals to see. The oldest declines to navigate us there. He’s had enough of navigating. Maybe for life. So the Prettiest-girl-in-the-world gets us there even though I take a wrong exit. I swear I took … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – Navigation

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Joe Cummings

The Ride of Death Ok, it’s time. Time for the oldest to take a crack at navigation. He’s terrified. He fears we’ll get lost, run out of gas, that I’ll get mad, that he’ll not be able to understand the … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – Doubletree Hotel San Diego – 3 Days Left

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Joe Cummings

3 Days Left Early AM Damn mommy-hearing. The Prettiest-girl-in-the-world can hear her youngest gurgle in his sleep from three floors down. I suspect, if put to the test, she could hear one of them cough from the lobby four floors … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego Seaworld – Cirque Du Dolphin

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Joe Cummings

Cirque Du Dolphin Is it possible to bugger up a dolphin show? I would have thought, no, no it’s not. I mean, hey, dolphins are graceful, gentle, sublime, highly social, and seem to have a great sense of humour. Exactly … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego Seaworld – Showtime

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Joe Cummings

Splish-Splash “The Whales Fly” Seeing Seaworld is as much about balancing off what you do between the shows as anything. Like a hyper intermission filled with madly running around and screaming and water and sharks. But there are set times … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego Seaworld – Flash Adventures

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Joe Cummings

How Many Adventures Can We Have in A Few Hours? When there is so much to do and so many adventures, how do talk about all of them without boring everyone to death? Answer, you can’t. But let me summarize … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – Seaworld – An Odd Entrance

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Joe Cummings

They Even Made Getting In Interesting With good weather so rare, we decided we had to go to SeaWorld, right? There would be water there, I’m pretty sure. Some splashing. Maybe some wet rides. All good things on a warm, sunny … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – IHOP Super Powers

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Joe Cummings

Breakfast of Champions and Super Heroes. There was something odd in the sky today. Kinda round. Yellow-orange. Surrounded by blue sky. I think primitive cultures called it the sun. It was not something I have seen for a while in … Continue reading →

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Traveling With Kids – San Diego – Hilton Doubletree Hotel

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Joe Cummings

How I wake up in My New Life In my old life, I used to wake up like this… I’d roll over, look at the clock. It could be 7 or 8. I’d think to myself, self, should I just … Continue reading →

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