Now, understand that this place is literally just a few miles away from the beach. I love the beach, my daughter loves the beach, my friends love the beach, too... But sometimes, you need a change of pace and scenery. The Ventura Aquatic Center provides exactly that! Even better: It is reasonably priced! For a single visit, adults (age 10-61) are $5, children (3-9)and seniors (62+) are $3, and infants (under 3) are FREE.
Upon arrival, the kids immediately jumped right in, splashing in the pool, sliding down the two Hurricane Harbor-like waterslides, playing tag in the playground area... Almost non-stop!
They wandered back occasionally for an energy refill (read: food). There's no snack bar here so if you want to eat, you're gonna have to haul in your lunch yourself. That works for me! Brought from home = inexpensive!
After literally hours of having fun at the Aquatic Center, they sent all of us patrons on our merry way. We weren't ready for the fun to stop, so we decided to meet up for some grub. Had we planned ahead, we could have used Restaurant.com
certificates or coupons from our Entertainment Books.
We decided to head over to Rusty's Pizza on Victoria, near the Government Center. I ordered a medium, one-topping pizza and an order of potato wedges - which were delicious, by the way! - for about $18. The guy at the counter teased us by telling us there are loads of coupons out there. Well, I found 'em! Click HERE to save at Rusty's Pizza.
The kids played video games - You know, the upright, old skool arcade games
like the ones we used to play back in the day. They also used their prized quarters to get Oakland Raiders Temporary Tattoos
and super bouncy balls.
Our stomachs were full and the kids were loaded up with prizes, so we all headed home. Another wonderful and fairly inexpensive day in SoCal!
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