I am losing track now of the days… I don’t think I have updated for days 12, 13 and 14 yet. It feels like we have been away for ages, not just 2 weeks.
Quickly a recap of the past couple days: Thursday we spent our last day in Anaheim at the Disney parks – going between California Adventure Park and Disneyland. I could tell we were both just exhausted and (I can’t believe I am admitting this) Disney’d-out. Never thought I’d say that! We didn’t go on many rides but we did a couple things we hadn’t yet like watch the Aladdin show at DCAP, it was a live show in a theatre and it was very well done! I totally recommend it!! We also went to the Animation Academy that was hosted by a Disney Animator and we learned how to draw Mickey Mouse. We kept our drawings and will take them home for souvenirs. That was actually a lot of fun and we wished we had done it sooner, as they rotate between which characters they teach you. We didn’t have time to do any others though.
At DL, we treated ourselves to dinner at the Blue Bayou restaurant which is actually located inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride building. The atmosphere is so cool as it feels like you are outside but you’re really not of course, and you can watch the boats full of people sailing by on their way to the first waterfall. We made reservations earlier in the day and we were able to get a seat right beside the water – it was awesome! The food on the other hand was not worth the $$. We stayed to watch the parade then we left and walked back to the hotel to pack. Oh, oops, I forgot to mention something – it was our 2nd Anniversary! We had both forgotten what date it was until the day before so we thought it was very cool that we got to spend our 2nd anniversary at the Disney resort! Too bad we were so tired and worn out, lol.
Friday we got up and headed north towards San Francisco. We made a quick stop in Santa Cruz and were really disappointed. It was like a ghost town, completely deserted. I guess it must be very different in the summer when it is busy, but nothing was open, the entire boardwalk was closed down. It was almost eerie. The rides looked very old and in need of some updating. Perhaps we saw it this way as we had just come from Disney, and I believe that Disney modeled their rollercoaster area of the “Pier” at DCAP after the Santa Cruz boardwalk. Well, um, we couldn’t help thinking that Disney did a WAY better job of it!
We arrived in San Francisco at our friends Jen & Peter’s house at 7pm. We stayed overnight and this morning we headed over to the San Francisco Zoo – it was great! Brent took a ton of pictures so I’ll post them later. I put too much in my purse (heavy stuff, I always do this), like my camera, a bottle of water, my big wallet, etc. So we’re standing there viewing the giraffes and my purse strap breaks! I had 2 long thin straps and one broke, I guess because of the weight. Damn. So all day long (we were out until 10:30pm) I had to walk around with this dumb looking purse with only one strap. I did mention to Brent that now I can get a new purse- what a perfect excuse! He says “You don’t need a new purse – you can just sew the strap back on”. Gee, lovely…. He just doesn’t get it….
We had a really fun day though, Jen and Peter spoiled us! After the Zoo, we went to Fisherman’s wharf, then across the Bay bridge to some neat little shops (and the Crate and Barrel outlet store), then back to downtown and to this huge mall (where we hit up the regular Crate and Barrel store as well as lots of other cool stores). Jen and I ditched the guys for an hour so we could go shop without them, hehe. We finished the day off with a fabulous dinner at Outback Steakhouse. Lisa – I thought about you – the whole thing was done in an Australian theme!
Tomorrow we leave for the rest of the drive home, I think we will take the I-5 the entire way so it will take us about 11-12 hours probably. I am really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed again (even if it does mean that I will have to share my pillow with 2 dogs, hehe).
oh Jess.. youmust tell me how the outback steakhouse was. I can cook a better bbq though.. hehe..
good to know you are on your way home.. take it easy and we will chat when you get back.
Happy Anniversary!
Hi kids,
A belated happy anniiversary! Two years already. It has really flown by.
Good to know you are on your way home. Jess, you sound exhausted so getting home will give both of you a chance to rest with no pressing need to fill your days with as much activity as possible. You have seen and done so much recently that it will take some time to process and mentally download all you want to share. Even though we have kept informed by reading your blogg, your father and I are sure there will be more stories to hear when we finally see you again.
The dogs miss you I think, especially Zoey. She stays close to me and jumps on me to tell me things and most of the time she is very good, ( remind me to tell you about the time the 3 younger ones weren’t) but I sense she is missing you both. Angus will be delighted to see you but I think he will be sad to leave here. He and Mitzy are firm friends and tire each other out several times a day. It really is cute to see how good they are together. We have recently come inside as it is cooler again today and rainy. The dogs got soaked running around the meadow and over and around the knoll. Angus and Mitzy seem to almost fly through there as they are running and chasing each other with such speed. Mitzy is so long and sleek next to Angus’s compact , solid little body and very strong back legs. He’s like a little bullet charging after her through the brush, under and over fallen trees, around stumps and of course, inot any and every puddle they can find. And they play with such joyous abandon. I feel sorry for poor Zoey. She wants to play too but just doesn’t have her heart in it the same way. She is however, almost as good as Mitz at tracking squirrels. They do this together and this is where Angus is left behind. The two girls seem to pick up scents everywhere and off they go together trying, but never succeeding, to catch the squirrely intruder. Mitzy has even tried to climb trees in her effort to catch the varmit. She jumps and jumps against the tree trunks willing herself to get up the tree. I almost feel sorry for her. Almost.
Mitz and Angus were very cute this afternoon while I was in the garage with your dad, keeping him company while he put the new chipper together. Mitzy and Angus actually seemed to be playing their own form of hide and seek. Mitzy would run in behind the corvette and Angus would run around the other side ready to cut her off when she came out of hiding. Then they’d go the other way. Round and round they went for several minutes. It was very cute to watch.
Yes we have a new chipper and other new stuff too. If you have time this week, before you come for the dogs, go see your dad at his office. He has something new there to show you too.
And, hopefully you are sitting down for this, I have to tell you I have done 5 scrapbook pages for M’s book. Yes, 5. Shocking isn’t it????? I love using the tools you left with me. They really work well, especially the page cutter.
Please drive carefully and watch out for idiot drivers around you. We all want to both back safe and sound.
Call me when you get to the border. I’m looking forward to hearing your dear voice again. And if you choose to have a day to rest and recover before you come for the pets, I won’t mind.
Missing you…
Love, Mum
Jess, you tell Brent that sewing that on won’t work, trust me I have tried that sort of thing! If anything you wind up breaking your machine needle
😆 Ugh!
Happy anniversary, how exciting that you got to spend it having a great time!
Looking fwd to seeing you both on the forums!
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