The trip West to California went quite well.

Driving to Syracuse the kids fell asleep only a half hour from the hotel but managed to fall asleep quickly once in bed.  Waking up to 8C (46F) was not so fun, but we persevered knowing we would be arriving in warm weather later that day.

Our first flight from Syracuse to Detroit was fun and uneventful, Hubby sat with J an I with Apple.  The second stretch from Detroit to LAX was a little more fun.  Apple fell asleep quickly, but woke up in an hour just screaming.  I think she was having a bad dream and couldn’t wake up.  I couldn’t get out of my seat and Hubby was with J in the washroom.  Finally, he came out and rescued me from the death stares of the rest of the cabin.  Thankfully, there was no turbulence so Hubby was able to walk around with her until she woke up and stopped crying.  The rest of the flight went well until I had to strap Apple back in the carseat for landing.  She did not enjoy that and cried until I saw another airplane coming in beside us and it was able to distract her.

Our drive to Disneyland from LAX was all I imagined with the crazy cars cutting across the highway and tailgating.  Hubby did great and only had to behave like a Californian once when we almost missed our exit.  Arriving at Disneyland 10 hours after leaving Syracuse felt like walking into a dream or something.  Happy, smiling people are everywhere and having never been big into the Disney theme, I can certainly see how people get drawn into it.  Don’t be surprised if I come home with a Mickey lamp or something crazy like that.

Hopefully, I will find my USB and can download some photos for my next post.