Mission Beach-Day 3

Nothing better than a giant sandbox to play in.....the boys told us the beach was the best part of the trip....next time we are just going to spend our time at the beach

being brave and getting his toes wet by the cold ocean

Finally convinced Brandon to put his toes in the water....he was more content in the sand

We found a couple live starfish this morning on the beach!  In all my trips to the beach, I have never found a live/dead starfish.....they are way more beautiful than the pink colored ones a Seaworld.  This starfish has six legs and is a bright blue color!

Another starfish!  I also found whole sand dollars and TONS of shells, both large and small.  A local told us there had been storms the prior weeks and it's unusual to find starfish and large shells washing up on the beach. 

We stayed at the Catamaran Resort and Spa right on Mission Bay!  It was great and just as I remembered!  We were a five minute walk to the beach and just a ten minute drive to Sea World.  Although we wrapped up this trip in three days, it was a very fun first family trip to California!  Next time I want to stay for five days so we can spend more time relaxing on the beach.