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.

Princess is done

Hyperspace Mountain

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Snakes

Sister and brother

Reunited with childhood favorites

About to Splash down the Mountain

Indiana Jones

Poncho on Splash Mountain

Getting dark

Splash Mountain

Another Splash Mountain photo

Happy family

Ready to go

Totally worth the line, I’m told

The line to get in

Serious about hotel tv

Splash Mountain survivors

Snakes

Skellington

Strollers gather at the Matterhorn

Carousel

Splash Mountain reaction

With Lord Vader

It’s a Small World

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

3-D

Splash Mountain photo

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

Mormon Battalion

View from Cabrillo

Lighthouse at Cabrillo National Monument

Mission Beach

Lighthouse at Cabrillo

Seal watchers

Cabrillo National Monument

Mormon Battalion Historic Site

Don’t Boogie Board Please

Sand mermaid

Lifeguard monument at La Jolla

La Jolla

San Diego Temple

Beach in 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: