Traveling south

Friday afternoon, our family left home to begin a long journey to Disneyland. Our first stop was actually in the opposite direction of our eventual destination, but we had to make the stop to visit Amelia and Diana's grandma and grandpa.

Heading straight south from grandma and grandpa's house to...well...grandma and grandpa's house we passed over the Golden Gate Bridge. Michael couldn't believe that this was only my second trip over the Golden Gate. Truthfully, I'm not 100% confident that this wasn't my first trip. I am certain that I have never driven up into the hills beside the Golden Gate and experienced the beautiful views the bridge and the city have to offer.

Good, though chilly weather has followed us down the coast to Morro Bay. Amelia couldn't wait to visit the beach (as usual) and was willing to skip dinner so that she could start collecting rocks and shells on the beach.

As Amelia walked the beach she stopped from time to time to pick up little treasures she found. She often trotted up to mommy with an excited, "Look what I found, mommy!" and after showing me her new prized rock she would dump the rock into her beach pail.

After a few minutes Mike and I began to suspect that Amelia's pail was getting heavy from all of the rocks it contained, but when we asked if her bucket was heavy she would say, "No," and insist that she carry the pail herself. Diana also helped to collect rocks, sometimes toddling hurriedly after Amelia and stretching her arm out to its full length so she could drop a rock into the yellow pail.

Tomorrow, the family continues on to Disneyland. In fact, our hope is to get there early enough to visit the park. I'm very eager to see how much Diana will enjoy Disneyland. Amelia says that she wants to get back on the Flying Dumbos first thing when we get to Disneyland. Diana says she doesn't want to ride on Dumbo, but I suspect she'll change her mind when we're there.

Lisa