Disneyland day 2...part6

Fireworks pictures
Disneyland day 2... part7

More pictures from tonight...
We met Minnie and Daisy and saw the Main Mouse himself.
Ava asked Mickey when he is going to marry Minnie....he was shocked, so was I that she asked...
Disneyland day 3

Today we hung out in Disney California Adventure Park. We rode lots of rides, the kids favorite one was Goofy's Sky School Rollercoaster.
Disneyland day 4... part1

We started our day in Carsland in Disney California Adventure Park. Disney has done an amazing job on this land, as soon as you enter you feel like your in Radiator Springs...AMAZING!!!!
Disneyland day 4... part2

We met a few characters and watched the "broadway" version of Frozen at the Hyperion Theatre, it was so well done
Disneyland day 4... part3

After spending the morning at the DCA Park we moved over to Disneyland and rode some more rides...
Disneyland day 4... part4

We took a few photo ops and enjoyed the ever so tasty dole whip ice cream.....a must when at the park.
Disneyland day 4... part5

We loved the Dumbo ride ❤
Disneyland day 4... part6

The view from our room was the Bear Mountain in the park.
Here are a few other random photos of our time in the parks
Travelling from Anaheim to Hollywood

We drove to Hollywood today and enroute made a stop in sunny Santa Monica CA. We had lunch at the most amazing 50s diner called Johnny Rockets (always a fave for us when we cross the boarder)
UCLA

Made a quick stop at UCLA so Carter and Brent could get a couple t-shirts...Brent's is an engineer one and Carters is a football one of course. Carter was blown away by the campus size, and we onlyEn savoir plus
Driving in Beverly Hills

We drove down Rodeo Drive and through Beverly Hills....just a few snaps from the car
Universal Studios... part1

Today we got up before the sun to head over to Universal.
First experience was the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Amazing!!!!
Universal Studios... part2

We decided since we are only here for 1 Day wed splurge and get "front of the line" so we haven't had to wait in any line for more than 5 minutes....best splurge ever!
Universal Studios... part3

Saw both kids fave guy....Scooby Doo.
Found Gru's house and saw some minions too
Universal Studios... part4

Saw Gru and some good and not so good minions.
Hung out with a raptor and met up with the famous Optimus Prime.
Universal Studios... part5

Some pics throughout the day.
We ran into a friendly zombie. We watched an awesome show that featured pets from movies and we got to take a pic with one of the pups. We enjoyed some AMAZINGEn savoir plus
Universal Studios... part6

Some more pics from the animal actor show
And another visit with the family fave, Scooby Doo...but this time with Velma and the mystery machine.
We said good night to the park with one more look atEn savoir plus
Driving from Hollywood to San Fransisco

A few famous sites as we drove out of Hollywood.
A view of the interstate...6 lanes in both directions...crazy!
We saw lots and lots of tomatoe transport trucks and miles and miles of orchards filledEn savoir plus
Arriving in SFO

Driving across the Oakland bridge tonight at around 8pm. We left the sun and were instantly amongst the fog, almost like someone hit a switch.
1/2 hour before we hit SFO the temperature was 33°C whenEn savoir plus
SFO day 1... part1

Today we walked down to Fishermans Warf and took a city tour bus. We got off àt the Golden GATE Bridge and hung out for a while... my engineer was so excited to check out the information Center toEn savoir plus
SFO day 1... part3

We took the ferry over to Alcatraz for our night tour, the tour was amazing!!
Her are some pictures of the inside....
The showers, no privacy. One of the cell hallways...rows and rows of stacked 5'x7'En savoir plus
SFO day 1... part4

More Alcatraz pictures...
Ava loved the audio tour, and she was ready for a sleep over.
Some more pics of the cells.
The window is from the visitation area.
The last picture is of the hospital onEn savoir plus
SFO day 2... part1

We went and spent lots of time at Ghirardelli Square...yummy chocolate and amazing sundae!!!
We saw the machinery they used to use to make their delicious chocolate.
SFO day 2... part2

Walking along Fishermans Warf... we saw some sealions, alcatraz, beautiful SFO skyline and lots and lots of people....the crowds were insane. We spent about an hour in the brain store...it is full ofEn savoir plus