Summer Vacation in San Diego

It’s another Monday morning and you’re on your way to work. Preoccupied with whether you have everything you need to go to the gym during your lunch break, mentally running through the talking points for your afternoon teleconference, hoping you put the peanut butter and jelly sandwich in Cindy’s lunch box and the salami one in Jake’s - it hits you. You missed the summer.
   
Clearly, at some point you were aware that the weather had gotten warmer, you didn’t have to turn your headlights on during your drive home and the kids were talking about day camp trips to the beach instead of math lessons. Now that you stop to think about it though, you can’t think of one summer activity the whole family enjoyed together. Unless, of course, you count the 4th of July barbecue at your co-worker John’s, where you spent the entire afternoon talking to your boss...

Before you get yourself all worked up about life passing you by, or write the missed season off as another casualty in your ongoing battle to keep your job and your children, consider this: the tourist season is over, but the summer never ends in San Diego.
   
It’s not too late to make your missed summer look like a strategic plan to take a family trip you can actually enjoy. Free from hordes of other tourists and beach-living college kids on summer break. So, check your kids’ school calendars for an upcoming three-day weekend and start planning your belated summer vacation.

Not sure if you know what to do with three days without work, the kids’ weekend sports teams or access to the piles of clothes next to the laundry machine? Here are some suggestions to get you started.

Balboa Park