{Roadtrip}

This last weekend five of us, Blake . Marylynn . Amanda . Sam . and I, packed up in Ron Burgondy [Blake's car] and went on a roadtrip to California! We left late Thursday night, 10 to be exact and then proceeded to drive all through the night. The car ride was quite hilarious, Blake named 108 Pokemon [there are 150 total], anti jokes were told [roses are red, violets are blue, I've got a gun now get in the van] and many more! We made a stop in Las Vegas because Blake Marylynn and Sam had never been! We went and walked the strip, ate at the always lovely Mcdonalds, then hopped back in the car for the 4 hour remaining drive! Blake drove for the first 6 hours until he reached exhaustion and delirium! The man Sam took over the wheel and got us to California safely! We tropped Marylynn off at the Newport Temple for her friends sealing, the rest of us went and got some breakfast then fell asleep in the car! When Marylynn was done we all got back in the car and went to Balboa Beach! It was such a beautiful day, 81 degrees and cloudless! It was so good to get away from the Utah cold! We tried to get in the water but boy oh boy was it freezing! Blake and I fell asleep on the sand while Sam took a run, and Marylynn and Amanda made a sandcastle! After our little nap Blake and I took a walk to gather seashells! We found some beauties and a sand dollar! I would say it was quite a productive time! 

The next day we went to DISNEYLAND which is definitely the HAPPIEST place on Earth, I am sure of it!

We scored an amazing deal on our park hopper tickets which means we got to go to both Disneyland and California Adventures [it was quite a busy day]!



We got on to all of the big rides, Indiana Jones, Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Carribean, Haunted Mansion and Star Tours, within the 1st half hour! We were off to an amazing start to our day!  We even got to meet Aladdin and Jasmine!

After the big rides we hit up the Tea Cups and Alice and Wonderland, two of my favorite FantasyLand rides! Since we were in FantasyLand we all had to try pulling out the Sword in the Stone but sadly, none of us were able to pull it out!

Later in the afternoon we made our way over to the wonderful California Adventures! Sadly they had most of it closed down for renovations :(. Luckily the main attractions [minus Grizzly Rapids] were all open! Blake's favorite was Tower of Terror! Watching everyones faces on that ride was by far one of my favorite parts of the trips! Riding California Screamin was a blast as always! We waited in line so we could ride it together the first time then did the single rider line for the second. That ride never disapoints! We also road one of my most favorite rides, Soarin California. I just love the smell of the oranges as you go over the orange groves. That ride is just spectacular! I even caught Blake in a net of fish!

Once it was time for the parade we went back to Disneyland to watch! This was my first time watching it in a very long time and it did not disappoint! The floats that they make and magnificant. I can't even imagine all the work that goes into them! One of the most impressive things to me was that all of the dancers wore high heels! So they danced down the streets of Main Street USA, in heels .. Amazing! Some of my favorite floats included the Disney Pricesses of course! We ended the night off right with the fireworks show and the turkey legs which were SO good!

After those two LONG days, we all jumped back in the car to head home. It was a wonderful weekend!!