California Trip

This Saturday, Mom and Dad woke Mason and I up at 6:40 and told us to get dressed and come downstairs. I was really confused because I was supposed to have a soccer game and my end of the year party that day. We got in the car and got donuts, but they wouldn't tell us where we were going. Mason and I were trying to figure it out, and we realized that we were going to the airport. When we got to the airport, Mom showed us ticket. It said Orange County on it. That wasn't much help because we didn't know where Orange County is. We sorta guessed that it is in either California or Tennessee, but we didn't know. (While we were watching TV at the hotel, we saw a story about a house in Orange County, Florida.) While we were waiting at the gate, Mom let Mason text Jonathan to ask him if he knew where Orange County is. The Parks had just been there, so Jonathan knew that it is in Southern California near Anaheim. From there, we figured out that we were going to Disney Land and that Grandpa would be there. (He had a conference in Anaheim.) Unfortunately, Dad had to stay here.

The lobby of our hotel

After we landed we got settled into the hotel and walked to Downtown Disney. (The hotel we stayed in was the same one that the Parks and the Onsteads had stayed in when they went to Disneyland.)

On the second day, we did California Adventure. Justin and Jonathan had talked about a ride called California Screamin', so I had to do that one so I could tell Justin I did. I wasn't too thrilled about it at first. The ride goes from 0 to 58 mph in 4 seconds and has a loop. While you are sitting in the car waiting to get shot up the hill, the guy says "Head back, face forward, and hang on! Launch in 5,4,3,2,1!" That's when you know it's going to be and interesting ride! After I did it though, I loved it. Mason and I went on it 7 times while we were there. That's my favorite ride in either Disney or California Adventure.

California Screamin'

When we went to Disneyland 4 years ago, Mason and I were terrified of the Indiana Jones ride and closed our eyes during the whole thing. We got a chance at redemption, and we actually liked it!

On the third day, we did Disney Land. My favorite rides there were probably Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Matterhorn Bobsled, and Space Mountain.

On the fourth day, we finished doing Disney (we hadn't done all of it the day before) and did our favorites from the day before.

We had a ton of fun on the trip! Thank to Grandpa and Mom and Dad for making it so much fun!