We had a wonderful time in San Diego using Tracy’s place as our home base! It was clean and stocked well with things our family of 4 needed, with some food and shops in walking distance.
This was our first time in the Mission Beach/Bay area, and even though locals would think it’s (relatively) cold and slow, we northerners loved the relaxed vibe in the area! When hanging around the rental, our kids could play on the beach to their hearts’ content at Mission Bay while we watched from the patio above, or we could take a short walk to the ocean-side or drive to other adventures.
Other local treats were the view of the “Christmas tree” lights (and fireworks once!) directly across the bay at Sea World. An evening trip to Belmont Park was amazingly relaxing with our 8/11 yr-old kids, and the palm trees decorated with glimmering candy cane lights were an amazing SoCal way to celebrate a non-snowy Christmas.
I may have been too wordy here, but in short, it was a great place to stay!