Well we did it, the Disneyland Family Vacation. Three full days of standing in line interspersed with moments of exhilarating adventure. But what can I tell you about Disneyland. It is a place you have to do for yourself along with millions of other people.
My favorite ride was the California Soaring. I want to hook that baby up to my Flight Simulator Program.
We did find a new and unusual activity to do in Disneyland. I went online to a site called Geocasching.com. I searched on the zip code of Anaheim and found a “Geo-cache” for Disney California Adventure Park. This site had the Latitude and Longitude of five benchmarks inside the Disney Theme Parks. We punched these coordinates into the GPS and located and photographed the five bronze markers. And there were no lines for these attractions!
We all stopped to visit again with Bill and Diane Patterson in Santa Maria. Thank you again, Bill and Diane, for your wonderful hospitality.
After living the buzz of the big city. The hard driving back to Gilroy with Son, Glen, his wife, Barb, and the three grandchildren, Cody -14, Patrick – 11, and Bryce who turned five while we were in Anaheim. And then another long day of driving today we have found a secluded campground that is just exactly to our liking. We are at Black Butte Reservoir just off I-5 between Orland and Corning California. It is 14 miles away from the Interstate, so it is nice and quiet. We are camped on a peninsula in a grove of stately trees. We have some neighbors but they are a hundred feet away. The lake surrounds us on three sides and it is clear blue with gently lapping waves on it. Outside of the park the grasslands are green and lush from the rains this year. We have seen soaring hawks, dashing killdeers, hopping rabbits and listened to songbirds across the meadow that we have not identified yet. It is indeed therapy for a hungry soul. I want to stay here for a week and drink in the lush quietness of this spot.
But, we are feeling the pull of our roots. We will pull out again tomorrow and continue our Northward migration with the other Snow-Birds. Traveling back to our family and friends in Oregon. For you who have been suffering the drought in Western Oregon, and have been begging us to drag the rain back with usÂ….time will tell! Our luck has been holding true, we got drenched last night in Gilroy.
We send our love to all our family and friends.
Gary and Judy
