“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.” --Isak Dinesen

We're back!!!! Can you feel the feigned excitement in those exclamation points? Very reluctantly left the heavenly weather, but on the other side, there is no place like home.  I love this quote I found for the title of this post. In the last while I have dabbled in a great deal of the first two of the salt waters, but oh, it was nice to enjoy the last one this week. Maybe the ocean isn't a fool proof cure for everything, but it is a heck of a good substitute for reality. Here are a few picts of our adventures.

Here is where the adventures all began at the Great Falls airport.

Endless fun at the beach! Sunsets were amazing!

The San Diego Temple was like a fairy tale castle. Breathtaking.

The Mormon Battalion was great fun for the kids. They even got to pan for gold. Check out Coop's monster gold nugget. 

The Zoo and Sea World were also fun outings. My fav was Shamu. Wish I could have been close enough at the show to get a picture of him. Always wanted to be a marine biologist when I was a kid. I could watch whales all day. 

Bucket list item checked off for the boys. To say they were over the moon for Legoland would be a huge understatement. Even the girls and the grandparents were surprisingly impressed. Incredible displays. All made of Lego of course.

Here are a few shots of our vacation rental, just steps from the beach.

All in all it was a fun get away!