We had a perfect vacation to Southern California. We left Tuesday morning and flew into Long Beach. We had never flown into that airport and was surprised and how small and efficient it is. We got the rental Dodge Caravan and drove to the Queen Mary. We took a hour tour of the cruise ship and wanted to see the Spruce Goose but found out that it was moved to Oregon 16 years ago -- oops!! Oh well we had a great time. The kids wanted to do the Ghost Tour but we didn't. We then drove to Fullerton to show the girls where they lived for a few years and had lunch at In and Out Burgers. We then got on the freeway around 2 p.m. before the traffic. We got to Debi's place and waited a few hours before everyone came home from work and school. Don and I took a walk around the neighborhood on the horse path. We played with the dogs. Laura got home first so she took us on a tour of her new condo. When we got back Debi had dinner ready for us Hawaiian Haystacks and fresh squeezed orange juice. Before we left Cody gave us a tour of his rabbits and pigs. We left around 8 p.m. to get to the hotel. We stayed at the Marriott Residence, one bedroom apartment which was perfect for us. It had a full kitchen which made it nice to make lunches and it came with a full breakfast buffet so we didn't have to worry about breakfasts. It was a 10 - 15 min. walk to Disneyland.
Wednesday morning we went to Disneyland and was able to walk on all the rides we wanted. I even went on Space Mountain and now I remember why I didn't like it. It the afternoon we were tired and walked back to the apartment and took a nap. Laura met us after our nap and we went to California Adventure with her.
Thursday morning Disneyland was busier and we had to wait longer in lines but still able to do all we wanted. We had lunch at the Blue Bayou, tradition. We went to California Adventure in the evening. Bridget had blisters on her feet from wearing the wrong shoes -- sandals so she had an early evening. Nicole, Steele and I wandered around and saw lots of things we hadn't seen before.
Friday morning we drove out to the beach -- Treasure Island Park and met Lisa there with Landon. The beach was fogged over but still beautiful. We took some pictures and then back to Disneyland which was even more crowded than Thursday. So were glad we did everything on Wednesday and Thursday. The weather was perfect. At 3 p.m. we drove back down and visited with Lisa and Landon. Debi and Bud, Laura and Derrick came later. We had pizza and played games. We had a very nice time. Laura guided us back to the 5 freeway to get back to the hotel. We packed up and went to bed.
We woke up early 4:30 to get to the airport for a 6:45 flight. We slept on the airplane. We got in early because of a tailwind and was home at 11 a.m.
It was a wonderful time!!
