Del Mar Horse Track

I was really looking forward to the races this year especially since we missed last year (Caiden was a week old). We've been going this particular weekend for the past four or five years because they have a chili cook-off in the infield before the races start. There are probably 20+ different chili's you can sample and vote for your favorite. We've talked about actually participating in it for years (with the help from my parents and their chili, of course) but realistically it probably will never happen. You actually have to make your chili on-site for the official vote so it would be a lot of equipment and stuff that we'd have to buy and just not worth it. Instead we'll just participate in the tasting ;)

When Caiden got up from his nap we packed up our things and headed out. The Del Mar race track is very family friendly. You can take your strollers pretty much anywhere, they have horse rides for kids (Caiden's still too small but we did check them out) and they even have Camp Del Mar where for $20 you can drop your kid off for the day while you go play. They have to be 5 years old to do this so we've got a few years until Caiden can attend.

They had a gourmet food truck festival going on as well, SCORE! I've been dying to get in on the Lobsta Truck craze going around Southern California and I finally caught it!  I waited in line for 30 minutes to get a Maine Lobster Roll and it was well worth it. Can't wait till it makes its way back to SD for another event. 

It was an awesome day and Caiden even took a nap in the stroller (while I waited in line for my lobster roll) which made the day that much better. We got up pretty close to the horses in the winners circle and he learned what a horse says. The first few races when the horses were coming around the track and it got really loud and everyone was cheering he was a bit startled...but by the third race he was in to it and would clap right along with us. Can't wait for next year! 

Marc doing his research

Caiden doing his research