Month: January 2017

Disneyland

This is the third of three videos from our time last week in California. After four years of putting business expenses on the Disney Visa, we finally had enough points for one(!) day at Disneyland. Here’s some video of our kids hating roller coasters.

Strollers gather at the Matterhorn

Indiana Jones

Sister and brother

Carousel

Serious about hotel tv

Splash Mountain reaction

Totally worth the line, I’m told

Splash Mountain photo

About to Splash down the Mountain

Snakes

Ready to go

The line to get in

Another Splash Mountain photo

It’s a Small World

Splash Mountain

The little guy was happy to start Matterhorn – it didn’t last.

3-D

Reunited with childhood favorites

Snakes

Splash Mountain survivors

With Lord Vader

Happy family

Hyperspace Mountain

Poncho on Splash Mountain

Princess is done

Getting dark

Skellington

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Tags Disney

Family Travel

San Diego and La Jolla

Video #2 from last week’s trip to San Diego and Disneyland. This one features Mission Beach, Cabrillo National Monument, the seals of La Jolla, the Mormon Battalion historical monument, and the San Diego temple.

San Diego LDS Temple

View from Cabrillo

Mormon Battalion

Lighthouse at Cabrillo

Lighthouse at Cabrillo National Monument

Beach in La Jolla

Mission Beach

Sand mermaid

Don’t Boogie Board Please

La Jolla

Cabrillo National Monument

Seal watchers

Mormon Battalion Historic Site

San Diego Temple

Lifeguard monument at La Jolla

Family Travel

San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a big one. And expensive. It’s cool, but not three-times-more-expensive-than-other-zoos cool. We’re bigger fans of The Atlanta Zoo, especially the bird show. All the same, here are some of the fun creatures we saw.

The original video had Bob Dylan’s Man Gave Names to All the Animals as its soundtrack (and it was perfect!), but YouTube didn’t like it and muted the sound. This second attempt uses a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s At the Zoo and Saint-Saëns’ Parade of the Animals.

Seals in the sun

Gorilla

Great Apes

Sky tram – San Diego

Seals in ice

Family

16-foot snowman

Our neighbors started a big snowman this afternoon and most of the street joined in by the time it reached its full 16 feet and 1 inch. Time-lapse video: