It was a great trip, we had a blast with the Craig's and the Hoefer's! Who could ask for better company while on vacation? In the end we ended up having a great time and doing some new things this time around. However, the trip didn't necessarily start out really smooth.
We got to the airport very early in the morning on Saturday the 14th. What better way to spend Valentine's Day right? Well, we get there to learn that our flight was actually delayed for some unknown reason. They didn't have a lot of explanation as to what was going on. However, they neglected to tell Matt and Kristi that their flight was delayed. Which was odd since we were all on the same flight. They checked their luggage as if everything was absolutely fine. Then we let them know it was delayed and we were all able to book a different flight into LAX instead of John Wayne. It was a nice smooth flight, but we couldn't help but wonder if the Craig's luggage knew that we were going to LAX instead of John Wayne.
We were all pleasantly surprised to see that all of the bags made it to the same place that we did. On that first day in California - we went to Sprinkles - which is a cupcake store. I personally didn't see the draw for cupcakes, however - the 20 people in front of us in the line apparently did. I couldn't really get all that excited about it until I actually ate one! They were actually really really good!
After Sprinkles, we had lunch at an old fashioned diner and then headed down the coast to visit some friends in San Diego. After that, we decided that we wanted to go to the Griffith Observatory to take a look through the big telescope. What we didn't count on is that half of California wanted to do the same thing. By the time we got there, the closest parking place was easily about 1 1/2 miles away from the actual observatory. So we ended up just packing it in and heading back to Anaheim.
The next day we had breakfast at a great place that Kristi suggested and then we spent the day at Universal Studios! This was the first time I had ever been. Andrea was there like 25 years ago. It was great to see all of the behind the scenes stuff. We took the tour and saw Desperate Housewives street (whatever that's called) and we saw the wreckage of the plane from War of the Worlds, and the Bates Motel from "Psycho", Jaws, and lots of other things. We rode fun rides and had a great time all in all. Here are some pics from the first couple of days in southern California:
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