We woke up early on day 7 and headed to the LAX airport. Our flight went from LAX to San Francisco, then San Francisco to Chicago, and Chicago to home. LAX to San Fran was beautiful, San Fran to Chicago went smoothly, and in Chicago, we ran into a little problem. We knew we had a scheduled ...
California Day 6: San Diego Zoo
On our 6th day in California, we went to the San Diego Zoo. We were one of the first cars in the parking lot when they opened and one of the last to leave! There isn't a bit of the San Diego Zoo that our family did not explore and we LOVED it! The first thing we did was hop on the double ...
California Day 5: San Diego, La Jolla Cove, and Coronado Island
On day 5 of our vacation, we said good-bye to Pops and Gra-Gra. They headed home while we hit the road towards San Diego. San Diego ended up being our favorite stop in California--it was absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to go back! Driving in, we stopped by scenic La Jolla Cove. The ...
California Day 4: California Adventures
California vacation day 4 was spent at California Adventures. When the park opened, we made a bee-line for Cars Land and it was awesome. We met Lightning McQueen and rode Mater's Junkyard Jamboree and Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters. After Cars Land, we got in line for the Radiator Springs ...
California Day 3: Disneyland
Donald Duck's Seaside Breakfast at PCH Grill We kicked off day 3 of our California vacation by having breakfast with Donald Duck. We spent our Disney night's at the Paradise Pier hotel, which houses Donald's PCH Grill. (Donald does require reservations, so plan in advance if you want to do ...
California Day 2: Los Angeles, California and Downtown Disney
Los Angeles, California On day 2 of our California vacation, we had big plans to tour Los Angeles. The night before, Libby got sick and both girls had to take middle-of-the-night showers and we had to change out our sheets. Instead of jumping up and heading toward LA, we had a late breakfast at ...