Vacation

My son and I are planning on taking a vacation over Thanksgiving and we had two main choices, California or Texas. I wanted to go somewhere warm that was for sure since I can not stand winter. When deciding where to go I had to not only think about what I wanted to go and what I wanted to do, but I also had to keep in mind what my son would want to do and enjoy.
I thought about going to San Diego because it has an amazing beach and a huge zoo. I would love nothing more to be on the beach in November but I thought maybe this wasn't the best vacation place to take my 3 year old son. He loves to run around and is all boy so this made me worry about what might happen on the beach. I would be too worried about him drowning that I wouldn't fully get to enjoy my vacation. Also we would have to rent a car and find a place to stay and that would take away money we could use for other entertainment.
The other option we had was to go to Texas and visit family. At this time I figured it would be a better choice because we had family that lived there that could give us a place to stay and drive us around and that would give us an opportunity to spend money on other entertainment. They also know what kind of entertainment we would enjoy and where everything is located which would help out alot. Also, my family hasn't met my son yet so this would be a good opportunity for this before he gets too old and they don't get to see him as a young child.
All in all I would much rather have gone to San Diego and enjoyed the beach but I can put that off for another vacation either without my son or when he is older and won't be such a hassle to bring along.