Here is a look at the top five San Diego beaches:

1. Mission Beach. This is one of the best San Diego beaches for kids. It has an old amusement park. It has a boardwalk that you can walk along. It is full of life and activity and fun things to do. It’s pretty and clean. And it’s even got places where older kids can play volleyball.

2. Imperial Beach. I know about this beach because I love sandcastles. It happens to be a place where there is a big annual sandcastle competition. I’d love to see that in person. And even if that’s not going on, the beach has a special place in my heart because it’s home to such a cool event.

3. La Jolla Cove and Beach. You can take the kids here to check out tide pools. This is also a good place to launch a family water adventure such as kayaking through the La Jolla coves. What a fun place to spend your San Diego vacation! There’s also a children’s swimming pool in this area.

4. Moonlight Beach. This beach in nearby Encinitas tricks a lot of people with its name. You would think it’s a place for romantic couples to spend a San Diego vacation. Actually, there are a bunch of fire pits and picnic tables here so it’s an ideal place to take the whole family for an afternoon at the beach.

5. Coronado Silver Strand. A lot of people like this beach because of the fact that it is a shallow beach with an easy slope to the sand. This makes it very safe for children compared to some of the other beaches in San Diego. Hotels in this area are expensive, though, so unless you can find good San Diego hotel deals in the area, you might want to stick to one of the other four beaches.

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It all started when I was checking through my email accounts and saw a newsletter from one of my favorite budget travel sites. It was advertising a variety of great travel deals. They had a big ad in the newsletter for San Diego hotel deals that were off the charts in terms of how cheap they are for this time of year. That got me daydreaming about spending a few days in a warm destination. It’s getting so chilly here now that I couldn’t help but think about how fun it would be to get away to a place with sunny beaches and warm evenings.

I have to admit that I started planning out the trip to see if it was something that we could actually do. I priced out what the vacation would cost if we took the whole family. I priced out how much it would cost if we left the kids at home and my husband and I took a quick little romantic getaway to San Diego. I found out how much it would cost to do different activities like whale watching. I even found the hotel (with an affordable spa) that I would like to stay at.

The reality is that I am not going to San Diego right now. Even when there are good deals, it’s not always practical to take a trip to someplace new at the drop of the hat. Besides, I did look up the weather in San Diego and it’s nice but it’s not quite as tropically warm as I was imagining! Nevertheless, I enjoyed my little mental escape. I think it’s okay to plan travel that never happens. In fact, I think it’s great. Do you?

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