San Diego - Welk Resorts

First, a little note to add to my last post...the adventure we had getting to airport, and catching our flight, pretty much ended there - we didn't have any other major issues. We were told that our car rental reservation had been cancelled because we showed up late, but they still had cars on the lot, so it wasn't really an issue. That would have happened even if we had caught our original flight though, so we can't really complain (we didn't realize that we had to give a specific time of arrival, so we just entered 9am on our online reservation; they cancel the reservation if you're not there within six hours of that). Our original reservation was for a Jeep Wrangler, but because they wouldn't give us the deal we found online, we ended up with a Hyundai Elantra. I think we're pretty practical people, so we realized it was probably a lot better on gas anyway :)

Our trip to San Diego was another Timeshare getaway, and once again, we were VERY impressed with our accommodations! The resort we stayed at was part of Welk Resorts - we stayed in the Mountain Villas, the newest units on the property! I think this is probably my favourite of the three places we've stayed now; however, it may have to be tied with Stormy Point Village in Branson, just because the two resorts are so different - you can't really compare the two.

First, our room...

A view from the front door.

A view of the sitting area. Those pictures on the wall were amazing! I would have loved to bring those home with me.

Our bedroom! Soooo nice. And you'll notice this is the second fireplace in our unit! We used both of the throughout the week - it cools down quite a bit in the evenings, so it was nice to have those on at night and in the morning.

We also had a full kitchen. We enjoy this aspect of staying in timeshare units rather then hotels; it allows us to have a few meals 'at home' so we can save money by not eating out three times a day.

Needless to say, we were very comfortable here for the week!

Now, for some pictures of the pool area...I wish we could have taken advantage of this area a little more. We had some pretty busy days on this trip, so we didn't really get to lounge by the pool. And although we had great weather, it wasn't really hot to the point that you needed to go for a swim to cool down (although our last day there was pretty close).

The pool and members clubhouse/presentation center.

A few of the Cabanas available for rent - these would be great if you were staying there in the summer!

Look closely...notice the water slide just beyond the pool! No, we did not go down the slide :( We were usually at the pool in the evening, to use the hot tub, so the slide wasn't open.

We did take advantage of the hot tub...I think we used it every day!

Another area we didn't take advantage of, but thought it was great...the kids splash pad! Curt took the liberty of turning on the water, even though the water was freezing, so we could see how everything worked.


Although the pictures don't really do it justice, hopefully you can get an idea about how beautiful this place was! I would love to go back, but, we have a lot of other places we want to visit too! How are we supposed to choose?!?