Soaring on a Sunday

Lots of Halloween events this weekend, and still some coming up this week. Here are just a few.


Halloween & Dia de los Muertos Events this week:

Through the 31st. Scream Zone Del Mar. 7pm to midnight.

Through the 31st. The Haunted Hotel tent in the Gaslamp Quarter
Not for children 10 and younger or those easily frightened. Fri and Sat 6 PM - 1 AM, Sun, Wed and Thurs 7 PM - 11 PM. Closed Monday and Tuesday except for 10/22 – 10/23 and 10/29. Tickets on sale now – buy online to avoid waiting in line. Tickets cost $17 on Friday and Saturday, $15 other nights (or save - only $15 online). Only for brave souls willing to scream. The Haunted Hotel

Through the 31st. Halloween Disneyland and Mickey's Halloween Party on select nights. For a fun family Halloween adventure, spend Halloween at Disneyland. Disney knows how to decorate and throw a party. Wear your costume and enjoy the spooky attractions, or for an extra fee go to Mickey's Halloween Disneyland party and see the Halloween Screams fireworks.

Through 31st. Haunted Trail of Balboa Park. Walk on the dark and scary side on the trails at Marston Point in Balboa Park for a San Diego Halloween adventure. Ages 10 and up. 7 PM Wed - Sun. also Mon and Tues Oct 29 - 30. Ticket prices $15 for Sun - Thurs or $17 Fri or Sat. Ticket prices for combo tickets are $20 for trail and Carnival of Carnage maze, and $30 for VIP fast pass, scary maze and haunted trail. Online tickets cost only $15. Last year discount tickets at San Diego Party City stores.

Monday, Oct 29th and Tuesday, Oct 30th. Haunted San Diego, tours.Journey with us on an entertaining history tour with a haunted theme. You'll learn about the individuals who lived here, died here, and are still said to haunt San Diego to this very day.

Through 31st. Bates Nut Farm, Valley Center. Get in the spirit of Halloween at San Diego Bates Nut Farm. Pumpkin patch, picnic, farm zoo, straw maze and hay rides. $9 gets you a tractor hay ride, walk through the straw maze and pick your own Jack-O-Lantern, or you can buy just one item or ride. Open daily 9 AM - 5 PM. Group reservations are suggested. One of the great family San Diego Halloween events.

Wednesday, October 31st, 5:30-7:30pm. Trick or Treating and Costume Parade in Little Italy. Corner of India and W. Fir St. in San Diego. Bring the Little Ghouls and Goblins down to San Diego’s Little Italy for a family-fun and safe trick-or-treating experience. Pick-up you map of participating businesses at the Piazza Basilone (India & Fir Streets), between 5:30pm and 7:30pm, and have your bags filled with candy. Be sure to be back at 7:00pm for the Costume Parade; that will be held in the Piazza Basilone. No prizes will be given…all of our Little Italy Ghouls and Goblins are winners! See you there.

Wednesday, October 31st, 3-5pm. Trick or Treat at participating stores at Carmel Mountain Plaza. Balloons, live music and a free treat bag at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

Wednesday, October 31st, 5-7pm. Trick or Treating at Piazza Carmel.

Wednesday, October 31st, 4-6pm. Spooktacular Halloween Fun at DelMar Highlands Town Center.

Through October 31st, Kids Free at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Sunday, October 28th, 10am-4pm. Dia de los Muertos at Old Mission San Luis Rey. Free admission.

November 1-2nd. Old Town San Diego's Dia de los Muertos. Art, Culture, History, alter building, crafts, recipes.


Happy Haunting and be safe,

and,

Keep Soaring and landing safely

in beautiful Sunny San Diego

Your soaring mama,

Mandy

Soaring on a Sunday

Lots of great family friendly Halloween Fun happening this week. There's many carnivals, Boo Bashes, Trick or Treating, Haunted Spots, Dia de los Muertos events, and more. Here are just a few that I think look like great fun!

Saturday, October 29th, 330-9pm, Halloween Bash at Seaport Village. There will be a pet costume contest, live music, photo ops, and more.

Sunday, October 30th, 10am-4pm, Dia de los Muertos, Old Mission San Luis Rey. Honoring the deceased with mariachi bands, folklorico dancing, Aztec entertainers, altars, and more. Free.

Sunday, October 30th, 5pm-8pm, Once Upon a Hallowe'en, Old Poway Park. Carved pumpkin contest, costume parade, children's games, Edgar Allen Poe reading, ride the Halloween Express, treats. Some fees.

Saturday, October 29th, 1-5pm, Halloween Carnival in Grape Day Park in Escondido. Haunted house, costume contest, bounce houses, art displays, live music, and carnival games (small fee).

Saturday, October 29th, 2-7pm, Halloween on Elm, Carlsbad Village. Carnival games, costume contests, pirate show, farmers market.

Saturday, October 29th, 9am-11am, Trek 'n' Treat Walkathon, Oceanside Harbor. Walk for developmental disabilities.

And, if you're looking for some safe, family friendly trick or treating spots in San Diego, here's just a few that are all happening on October 31st, Halloween!


530pm-730pm, Trick or Treat on India Street, Littly Italy in San Diego.
During Trick-or-Treat on India Street, Little Italy businesses open their doors to make Halloween a safe and special night for our urban-neighborhood children.

530pm-8pm, Encinitas DownTown on South Coast Hwy 101, from Encinitas Blvd to K St is converted to Pumpkin Lane, featuring elaborately carved pumpkins at different viewing locations and the Queen's Court at the Self Realization Fellowship Bookstore, where the queen will be granting wishes! Kids Zone with games, music and activities.

5pm-9pm, Otay Ranch Town Center, Trick or Treating on Magic Street, Halloween Pet Costume contest, "Thrill the World" Performance, Costume Contest Parade!

330pm-530pm, Downtown Goes Ghostly, Trick or Treating on Orange Avenue 800 Block to Adella, Coronado. Merchants will be handing out treats and a Ghostly Goodies Give-away of $5 gift certificate to 15 lucky ghildren in the Rotary Plaza.

3-5pm, Trick or Treat at Carmel Mountain Plaza, Trick or Treating at participating stores, live music, balloons.

3-6pm, Pillage the Village, La Jolla Village, Girard Avenue at participating merchants. Will have a "Pillage the Village" poster identifying participating merchants.

3-6pm, Main Street Trick or Treating in Ramona. Main St (Hwy 67).

Please share your favorite places to Trick or Treat in your area of San Diego, be it the local neighborhood or merchant trick or treating!

Happy Haunting and be safe,

and,

Keep Soaring and landing safely

in beautiful Sunny San Diego

Your soaring mama,

Mandy

Soaring on a Sunday

Sorry for absence this last week. It's been a busy, busy 2 weeks having fun with friends in addition to several field trips and road adventures! Back to business with providing you with all that San Diego has to offer this week and what's coming up soon!

If you haven't been to Disneyland Resorts Halloween Time fun be sure not to miss it! Wonderful Fall and Halloween time decorations, Halloween villains, the transformed Haunted Mansion which becomes a Holiday Haunted Mansion ala Jack Skellington and friends, more can be found over at my other blog Second to the Right. Many of the local amusement parks also have fun Halloween themed activities going on, see prior week's links for some of that.

On to some more great Fall activities and just plain old fashioned family fun in San Diego!

October 21-23rd, Borrego Springs has it's 46th Annual Borrego Days Desert Festival. This Family friendly weekend includes a parade, artists and vendor booths, live entertainment, food, beer garden, lots of activities for children; mini-carnival, face painting, pony rides, arts & crafts! Sounds like a great time!

October 21-23rd, Del Mar Harvest Festival, Original Art & Craft Show. Thousands of handmade arts and crafts, music, stilt walkers, comedy jugglers, children's art center and more. While there be sure to visit the Greyhound rescue adoption booth, a wonderful non-profit that finds home for retired racing greyhounds!

October 20-28th is the 12th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival, held at the Mission Valley Ultra Star Cinemas.

October 16th, "Sunday, Crafty Sunday" Dia de los Muertos at Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park. DIY crafting table, DJ, food and vendors.

October 15-16th, Fall Tractor Show, Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista. 50 Acres of ALL DAY fun! Working Antique Farm & Construction Equipment Demonstrations; N' Scale Model Railroad Exhibit; Weaving Exhibit, Demonstrations & Sales; Blacksmithing Demonstrations; Tractor Games: Slow Tractor Race, Pedal Tractors, Potato Race; Train Rides; Wagon Rides; Threshing Demonstrations; Grist Mill; Farmhouse Exhibit; School House Exhibit; Vendor Booths; Food, Drinks & Snacks; Museum Gift Shop and more!

Lots more great activities can be found on our Facebook group. Feel free to share about family-friends activities going on in your area of San Diego this week in the comments or the Facebook page.

Have a great week and go out and have some spooky fun!

Keep Soaring and landing safely

in beautiful, sunny San Diego

Your Soaring Mama,

Mandy

Soaring on a Sunday

Welcome to October! I love October for so many reasons! It's my birthday month, my husband's birthday month, our anniversary month & Halloween! I think Halloween's one of my most favorite holidays of the year. It's just so much fun to dress up, watch your kid's get excited about dressing up, choosing a costume, choosing another costume, and yet....another costume! Ha Ha...if your kids are like mine they go through several choices throughout the entire month!

There's many fun activities during this time of year. Not only Fall Festivals, Harvest festivals, and pumpkin patches, but fun spooky events going on throughout the month (I'll be blogging about our fun visit to Halloween Time at Disneyland Resorts and California Adventure later this week).

In the meantime, here are just a few more fun, family activities as well as some really great, spooky places to visit during this scary time of year! Hope you enjoy it.

Saturday, October 8-9th, 10am-4pm, Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta, Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista. Weavers, basket makers, spinners, gourd artists, knitters, quilters, and felters. Free admission, free parking.

Sunday, October 9th, 10am-6pm, Little Italy Fiesta, San Diego. Food, music, cooking demos, historical installation, chalk art paintings, chalk art for kids, Kid's Fun Zone, Italian Motor Sports Exhibit.

Saturday & Sunday, October 8-9th, Pumpkin Patch Weekend, Summers Past Farms, Finn Springs.

Sunday, October 9th, 9am-5pm, San Marcos Harvest Festival, Old California Restaurant Row, San Marcos. Vendors, Beer & Wine Garden, live entertainment, carnival for kids, vintage car show.

Month of October, Kids Free at the San Diego Zoo & Safari Park.

Halloween Events:

Saturdays, October 8th,22nd, & 29th, 630pm-830pm, Haunted Trail Hike, Dos Picos Park, Ramona. A Spirit Guide will lead you on the haunted trail. This time of year, the woods are filled with spirits and creatures, natural and supernatural. Come join us if you dare! Volunteer ghouls and spirit guides needed! Free admission and free parking in the picnic day use parking lot. Meet at the restroom building where the light is.


Saturdays and Sundays in October, Brick or Treat at Legoland, Carlsbad.

September 16th-October 31st, Halloween Time at Disneyland, Anaheim.

September 23rd-October 31st, Halloween Horror Nights, Universal Studios, Universal City.

September 23rd-October 31st, Haunted Hotel, Gaslamp District, Market Street, San Diego.

September 23rd-October 31st, Haunted Trail, Balboa Park, San Diego.

October (various dates-see website for details), The Scream Zone at Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar.

October (various dates-see website for details), Mira Mesa Monster Manor, Mira Mesa.

Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) events:

Sunday, October 30th, 10am-4pm, Dia de Los Muertos, Mission San Luis Rey, Oceanside.

Saturday & Sunday, October 29th & 30th 11am, 1pm & 3pm, Bus Tours of Dia de los Muertos alters in front of historic homes in Sherman Heights.

November 1st & 2nd, Dia De Los Muertos, Old Town & Fiesta de Reyes. The premier Day of the Dead event in San Diego County, Old Town’s Dia de los Muertos is designed to celebrate the history, culture and heritage of the region. Old Town’s predominantly Mexican, Spanish and Native American and legacy makes it the best site in San Diego to hold this special and beloved celebration. There will be a tour of more than 30 altars, a candlelight procession and live music. At Fiesta de Reyes in the state park, five life-sized Katrina dolls in historic dress will delight visitors as well as altars in nearly every store. Face painting and an after party are also planned for Nov. 1. This two-day-long activity will also feature workshops, performances and lectures


Other scary places to visit in San Diego:

Whaley House
El Campo Cemetery
Hotel del Coronado
Old Town

Please feel free to share your favorite haunted spots to visit during Halloween month, in the comments or on our facebook page!

Keep Soaring and landing safely

in beautiful Sunny San Diego

Your soaring mama,

Mandy