The first weekend in August we did a family trip to Southern California and Disneyland. The first night we stayed in St. George with Jason and Hyuajoo. The next morning after church we packed up and drove to Las Vegas. We got something to eat for lunch at a fast food place then we headed to L.A. little did we know that most of Southern California does the same thing on Sunday afternoon. It took us two hours to go 30 miles to the California boarder in a 110 degree weather. The rest of the way was stop and go traffic. Even when we got to Victorville there was a grass fire by the freeway which slowed things down. We finally decided to eat before we got to the hotel so we used Maddie's phone to find a Cheescake Factory to treat Cindy on her birthday. We rolled into our hotel room at about 10 that evening.
The next day we went to California Adventure since it opened later than Disneyland and it gave us a chance to sleep in. The weather was great. It was in the mid 70's. We enjoyed all the rides and Payton gradually warmed up to them.
Of course our favorite was the Tower of Terror. We packed our own lunch and ate at a picnic spot outside the gate. Even though the locker was $15 a day it was worth it for everything we packed.
That evening we had clam chowder in a bowl and struck up a conversation with a family next to us as they saw my BYU hat. They were taking their son to there next week. They were originally from New Zealand, he played rugby at Highland High and his wife was cousins with Brad Anea the former BYU offensive coordinator. After that a few more rides and then we watched the Wonderful World of Color light and water show. It was an amazing show.
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