Our last day in California was spent at Disneyland. Mum, Dad, the wife, and I headed out early to pick up my brother, then the 5 of us headed to the park.

Now I love amusement parks to begin with, so my 6 year old was bouncing with excitement as we headed through the turnstile and onto main street.

First stop was Pirates of the Caribbean, since ( Read more... )

Today we started by walking through Dana Point Harbor, then we walked along the beach and I finally dipped my feet in the Pacific. I didn't  get to actually swim in it, it really wasn't warm enough for swimming.

My brother met up with us at about noon, and showed us around Laguna and Newport beach. He also showed us a little bit of the resort that ( Read more... )

Today was a bit less of a go go go kinda day. We had to check out of the hotel this morning, since we are spending the next three nights in Dana Point.

We started the day at the Cabrillo National park, which had a lighthouse and some gorgeous views. Then we headed down to the harbor to check out the Midway air craft carrier.  We didn't really have ( Read more... )

Today was spent at the San Diego Zoo. We started early with breakfast at the hotel and were at the zoo just about when it opened.

I was so excited to see the zoo… I have always wanted to see the San Diego zoo. We started with a bus tour of the entire park. It was enormous. The bus ride gave us a good idea of the layout of the park and the areas ( Read more... )

Today Mum, Dad, the wifey, and I went to Sea World... which was the whole point of the trip since we are here because my mum won a trip to any Sea World of her choice.

We all woke up pretty early since we are used to east coast time, so we were all down in the hotel lobby enjoying our complementary continental breakfast by 9.

We headed out to ( Read more... )

We got to the airport this morning with plenty of time to spare. Grabbed coffee and a quick breakfast and headed to our gate.

We flew out of Providence and had a stop in Chicago. I’m not a big fan of flying. It’s noisy and cramped and my ears hurt… but the flight to Chicago was pretty smooth. We had about an hour layover before leaving for San ( Read more... )

Mum, Dad, the wifey, and I are up and ready to head to the airport.  We'll be in San Deigo by the end of the day. Yay!

Mich and I started out our trip yesterday. We headed to my parent's in the early afternoon. Then Mich and I headed into Providence to wander around and go out to dinner.

I've never been to the West Coast... I can't wait to see the ( Read more... )

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