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4/18/2018

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Off to Legoland

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...Continued from yesterday:  
    
Midway through our grand daughters' spring break we all set off  to Carlsbad, California for a trip to Legoland, a magnificent Lego-themed amusement park geared towards the young crowd.
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      As Carlsbad is a good hour-and-a-half drive south from Los Angeles, we decided to leave Thursday afternoon after my daughter and son-and-law finished work, spend the night in Carlsbad and arrive at the park early for a long day of amusement. 
     
  After a scenic drive margined by mountains,
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​..and palm trees,
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...we stopped at a Denny's outside Carlsbad for dinner,
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...where we were surprised, though mayhaps we shouldn't have been, that the chain-restaurant food was so good.
     Or maybe we were all just muy hungry.
     In any case, we all ended up liking what we'd ordered:
     
 The Grilled Talapia from the 55+ menu, 
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    The Veggie Burger,
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...the Veggie Skillet,

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​...the Skillet Supreme (minus the chorizo sausage) for me,
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...and mac and cheese that bore an uncanny resemblance to the Kraft boxed variety which, of course, made it a great hit with my grand daughters,
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​... who generally are not exposed to such a prefabricated gustatory delicacy at home.
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     After dinner we headed for our hotel, The Carlsbad Holiday Inn,
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...which had a beautiful outdoor pool, hot tub,
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​...and fire pit.
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    After a dip in the pool the girls got into their jammies and snuck over to Grammie and Grandpa's room for a visit.
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​     The following morning we rose early, checked out of the Holiday Inn and sought breakfast at a nearby restaurant called the Beach Plum Kitchen.
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     The restaurant was already crowded but we were able to snag a table on the patio under a heating element,
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...and the server offered us blankets -  a first-time and much appreciated restaurant experience for us - which, it being a chilly morning,  my daughter and I did not turn down.
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   So then, all warm and snug, we proceeded to order breakfast.
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    The food was very good, especially the breakfast potatoes. Among us we ordered:
      A veggie breakfast burrito,
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​...veggie omelet,
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...scrambled eggs,
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,,,French toast,     
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...sunny-side -up eggs,
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​...and for the  girl whose birthday it was that day, a birthday muffin.
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     After breakfast we were back on the road, following the hordes to our mutual destination.
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     To be continued...
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