Saturday, March 14, 2009

California: Day 7 & 8

Day 7 & 8: Disneyland and Adieu
At last, what we had all been long awaiting for! DISNEYLAND! We were so excited and ready to go... but in true Voigtlander form... we left much later than we had planned. That's OK, it allowed us a chance to eat delicious Breakfast Burritos! Yum! (Don't worry, we ate almost nothing but Mexican food during the entire trip!)

I was pretty disappointed to hear from Dan that the battery on our camera was nearly totally dead upon arriving at Disneyland, so our photos are limited... and poor, as we had to buy disposable camera's. Oh well, at least we have our memories, and a reason to return. We all remembered the long lines as soon as we go there, and getting in was no exception. We were amazed when it took us nearly an hour to get from the freeway to the inside of Disneyland. We immediately broke up into two groups... Grandma and Grandpa with Quincy, and Dan, Jessica, Tyson and I took to running to Space Mountain. It was an excellent day, not too busy at all. We zipped right through so many of the rides we were shocked! I think the longest wait we had was for Space Mountain at 45 minutes, and that was only because some dink dropped his cell phone and the whole ride had to be shut down in order to retrieve it. We spent the day going back and forth, sharing Quincy and sometimes breaking up into smaller groups. I tell you what, having cell phones sure makes it a whole lot easier than it ever was when I was a kid!


Quincy was amazing throughout the whole thing! He enjoyed (or at least didn't scream in terror) many of the rides I thought he would do badly with... Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain... just kidding, no Space Mountain. The moment that made the whole day worthwhile was seeing him light up at the sight of Mickey Mouse. Things are a little different than when I was a kid... now you have to wait in line to see Mickey, but we did (and a long line it was!) and when we finally got up to him you couldn't hold him back! He gave Mickey the biggest hug, and we all melted.





We stayed through an amazing fireworks display, and Quincy finally fell asleep while waiting for the tram to take us back to our car. It was a long day, but I think we all had fun! And I know Dad received more birthday wishes that day than perhaps he had during his entire life combined! They really make a point in wishing all the birthday people a Happy Birthday! It was neat!



Finally, after all our excitement, it was time to get to go home. Luckily I signed up to receive text alerts if our plane was delayed, and on our way to the airport I got a text that it was pushed back about 90 minutes. It was a beautiful day, brilliant sunshine and in the mid to upper 60's, so we decided to stop off at La Jolla Cove and see all the Seals with their babies. It was nice way to end our trip, and we both agreed that we really were not ready to leave. We could have stayed for much, much longer... and I think that if I had said the word, Dan would have moved down to Cali in a flash. But, truth be told... I love Washington too, and I couldn't leave it so easily. So... we will just continue visiting, maybe just more often.

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