Spring Break

We have always had interesting Spring Breaks. One year we spent sixty hours stuck in the Denver airport, another time we almost capsized our brand new boat on Lake Mead. That was after spending the night fighting the wind and sand blowing and chasing Greg in his tent as he was being blown down to the lake. Let me add that he had a huge propane tank in it to help keep him from being blown away. I've also spent an hour in the middle of the night in an outhouse at Arches with a severe case of food poisoning. So our trips are usually interesting. This year we decided to rent a motor-home and see the Grand Canyon and then on to Disneyland and Sea World. We brought Heather and Braelyn and Berkley along with us. We got on the freeway and around Orem the traffic came to a stop. It took us 2 hours to get from Orem to Spanish Fork. A terrible car accident caused the delay. Our plan was to get to the Wal-Mart in Page Arizona and park for the night. When Steve made a wrong turn in Kanab we decided to pull over and start again in the morning. We found a restaurant that was no longer in business and pulled in. Just as we were getting to sleep Berkley woke up. Heather just got her to sleep when Braelyn rolled out of her bunk and hit the floor. She screamed and that woke Berkley up again and she stayed up for the next hour and she wasn't happy. Nobody slept much that night.

The next day we made it to the Grand Canyon. We stopped at the first stop and were amazed at how beautiful it was. Our plan was to get to the South Rim and then take the tram to the other stops. The motor home was so big that we didn't want to pull into the stops. Luckily we made one more stop and before we got to the rim and were stunned at the view.

When we finally made it to the South Rim it was foggy and cold. We waited around for a while to see if the fog lifted so we could view the canyon. Then it started to snow. After all that time driving all we could see was a big bowl of fog. We gave up and made it down and found a campground for the night. The next day we drove on the historic route 66 drive and then onto Anaheim.

Disneyland was fun but very crowded. Just our luck the two school districts surrounding Disneyland were also out for the week on Spring Break. But Braelyn got to see the princess and Taylor got to ride Indian Jones so our trip was successful. We stayed three days there at Disneyland and California adventure.

I will admit that I loved California Adventure more then I did Disneyland. I loved the roller coaster and we went a bunch of times. Soaring over California is also one of my favorite rides. It was less crowded then Disneyland and the parade was much better.

On Thursday we drove down to Sea World. We stopped at the beach in San Diego. Berkley loved the sand and water. Braelyn wasn't so sure she liked the sand on her feet. It was colder that day so we didn't get in the water, just sat on the beach and made sand castles.

On Friday we went to Sea World. We did the breakfast with Shamu. I would recommend that to everyone. The food was wonderful and the whales were right there. We made it to all the shows and that week they were doing some night shows. At the Shamu one they were playing some great 80's rock songs and we were having a ball dancing and singing to them. They then started to take pictures of the people in the audience and put them up on the big screen. We saw a bright light and then a minute later there we were up on the screen. The guy in front yelled to me to hold up the baby. I had Berkley so I lifted her up.

The night shows were the best and a great way to end our vacation. We got up early Saturday and drove straight home. It was a tiring but great vacation. Maybe me and Steve are getting to old to run that hard and fast. We are really looking forward to the weekend at the cabin. I think we might just sleep.