Disneyland: Day 10

It all started here, where I pulled over to take this picture on our detour to Zion's National Park...
(It's worth clicking the pics to enlarge them.)



You'd be amazed at how slippery that red mud is. My truck literally slid sideways all the way down the shoulder. After a nice man stopped to pull me out, it looked like this...



After realizing that I missed a turn and our 45 minute drive turned into 2.5 hours, we ended up at Zion's, here...



Only to be informed that there had been an avalanche and we couldn't get through. We'd have to wait an hour...



So, we pulled over to change the baby here, where we found out that a 20 month old child can indeed pull a vehicle out of park. I was forced to dive in the passenger side door and hand operate the foot brake, which was still muddy from the aforementioned truck-stuck event.



After eating a bad buffalo burger meal (never feel comfortable if the person at a restaurant says they are operating on limited supplies and a tight budget) we finally got through...



And it was worth the wait!


Finally home after a LONG day...

Disneyland: Day 9

Disneyland: Day 8

Rain at Disneyland. NOT the happiest place on on earth.

Disneyland: Day 2

Day two consisted of making our way from St. George to Newport Beach. This is right after a Super 8 continental breakfast. We tried letting the kids burn off as much of the Fruit Loops sugar as we could before we loaded up for the haul.

Disneyland: Day 1

We made it through the first day. Salt Lake to St. George. The kids unwound in the hotel by exploring the branded pens and pads, the TV Guide, and jumping all over Grampy.

Sunrise in the West

There are many constants that we all accept as facts of life; gravity, death, taxes, and of course, the sun coming up in the East each morning.

Something that still baffles my brain is watching the sun rise in the West on a late Summer flight from Seattle to Alaska. It was dark when I left Washington, and the sun was well above the horizon when I landed in Fairbanks! I'm a fan of gravity, but if I could cheat death and taxes the same way I cheated the sun, that would be GREAT!