Off To Legoland

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Off to Legoland

...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.

      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,

​..and palm trees,

...we stopped at a Denny's outside Carlsbad for dinner,

...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, 

    The Veggie Burger,

...the Veggie Skillet,

​...the Skillet Supreme (minus the chorizo sausage) for me,

...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,

​... who generally are not exposed to such a prefabricated gustatory delicacy at home.

     After dinner we headed for our hotel, The Carlsbad Holiday Inn,

...which had a beautiful outdoor pool, hot tub,

​...and fire pit.

    After a dip in the pool the girls got into their jammies and snuck over to Grammie and Grandpa's room for a visit.

​     The following morning we rose early, checked out of the Holiday Inn and sought breakfast at a nearby restaurant called the Beach Plum Kitchen.

     The restaurant was already crowded but we were able to snag a table on the patio under a heating element,

...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.

   So then, all warm and snug, we proceeded to order breakfast.

    The food was very good, especially the breakfast potatoes. Among us we ordered:

      A veggie breakfast burrito,

​...veggie omelet,

...scrambled eggs,

,,,French toast,     

...sunny-side -up eggs,

​...and for the  girl whose birthday it was that day, a birthday muffin.

     After breakfast we were back on the road, following the hordes to our mutual destination.

     To be continued...