Disneyland!

Wow, we got back at 2am this morning from our trip to Disneyland. It was a good, if not tiring, time. Not only did we spend pretty much 3.5 days at Disney park along with Gwen's parents Bob and Gale but we got to spend several evenings with Gwen's family who lives in Southern California. Gwen's Aunt Clara (Bob's sister) and Uncle Riley drove up from somewhere down around San Diego area. Both of them are in their 80's. We also got to see three of their five daughters....Susan, Linda, and Robyn (I hope that is how it is spelled).

We stayed at the Castle Inn which is strategically located near the Park entrance and had a suite of rooms so that Bob and Gale could stay with us in the same room. It was a nice place to stay. Nothing fancy but it was nice and clean. We ate a lot at the Denny's right across from the Park entrance. It was convenient and had food we all would eat.

Of course Disney is pretty much magical. Most of the time all I could think of was "The Wide World of Disney" that came on when I was a little kid somewhere before or after The Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Most of this before DisneyWorld got going. Disneyland motto is "The Happiest Place On Earth." Of course that is true as long as you don't run out of money. ;)

Yesterday we did the early entrance to the park which started at 7am. We got over to Fantasyland and rode alot of rides with Elizabeth. No long lines. Emily and I ran over to Mickey's Toon Town and rode a small train rollie coaster. Not only once but three times. We could have rode more but we had to get back to Gwen and Elizabeth who were in line to see the Princesses.

At the end of the day Robyn came over to our hotel and visited us then we went to Disney Town, which is nothing more than a shopping strip mall, to shop. After that she took us to Newport Beach so the girls could play a bit at the beach and then we ate at Ruby's a hamburger joint out on then end of the pier there. Very good hamburgers.

We did have one star sighting outside of the normal Disney character sightings. I looked up while making our way out of the park and there was Barry Bonds walking right next to and past me. I looked up into his face and was surprised to see him. He is a tall drink of water that is for sure.

All in all it was good to get away. The girls had a great time...all three of them. Gwen's parents seemed to have a good time too. It was great to see them and spend time with them. Thanks for coming Bob and Gale.

I will have to post some pictures soon. The one above was on Thursday right after we got in the park. We ran into Mickey.