So this is breaking from the normal format just a bit - we'll start with the Friday before.
Friday was the first day of vacation. It was a lovely day here. I headed out for a walk and for a soak. Afterwards we headed out to the airport...a new experience. One plane at a time. I guess the good news is we got the first parking spot! Anyhow, the flight on a prop plane (long time since I was on one of those) was ok. We were able to get an earlier flight out to CA. Once there we got to experience Friday evening rush hour in LA! We checked into the hotel and headed out for a local dinner in Anahem.
Saturday was the wedding. I'm not supposed to reveal anything about the wedding but I'll say this much, it was one of Jodi's friends and it was at Disneyland. A great reception and lunch followed. Afterwards we headed out to the park with the wedding party. My first experience with the tower of terror (not bad) and a swigning ferris wheel. I hate ferris wheels enough...not sure why I ever thought I'd be ok with a swinging one. Ferris is a sick sick individual.
Sunday was Disneyland again. We hit it early and we hit it hard. I think somehwere in the neighborhood of 12 hours. We did it all. By the end of the night I was so tired I could hardley keep the cars in future land on the little track (thankfully there was the rail to keep you going the right way).
Monday we did a few of our favorite rides again, California Adventure, Toy Story, and Crash (the turtle). Afterwards we headed down to San Diego and hit Seaworld. We did the whole thing (Shamu and all) that day. We finished up with some awesome Mexican in Old Town and a soak in the hot tub at the hotel.
Tuesday was the zoo. Best zoo I've seen. We did almost the whole thing but not quite. We again headed to Old Town for Meixan.
Wednesday we hit the beach. Very nice. Too bad the locals were freezing! They were all wearing jackets and hats like it was winter or something...I stuck with shorts and T-shirt! We headed back upto LA after that. We tried and In and Out burger...not bad. We then hit the Warner Brothers studio tour and then went out to hunt for a cymbal. I tried a Z3 and fell in love. I thought I'd have the guy ship it but he convinced me it fit in my luggage...wrong! We checked into the ultra-luxury hotel Jodi got with her points and tired to find some local pizza for dinner...not much luck. We got to experience LA/Hollywood/Beverly Hills traffic....sucks!
Thursday we headed to Universal. Did the whole park and studio tour. That night we headed out for a Brazilian dinner in Beverly Hills....probably the single most expensive dinner I've ever eaten! Chilled in the hot tub with some firemen from Alerta that night.
Friday we visited a local mall, cruised down Rodeo Drive, and then headed home where there was the lovely scent of manure in the cold cold air...at least the parking meter at the airport was broke so we got free parking.
The weekend was spent catching up at home.
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