This morning we woke to rain and it was overcast....I did a happy dance as we were going to Disneyland adventure park and even though it was still hot being overcast made it so much better. The rain is caused by the cyclones offshore. Adventure land is amazing and the kids seemed to enjoy it more today as was more themed around things they know. We all went on a lot of rides including the new cars rode, well worth the 65 minute wait and soaring California. There ...

We started the day a little later as the alarm didn't go off but still had time to go for breakfast before we left the hotel. Clearly everyone else decided to go that time as it was really busy but we downed some eggs, sausage pattie and juice which turned out to be the closest thing to drinking syrup I have had. After a bit of research online I found a theme park ticketing agent that was a 10 minute walk to the hotel. The short walk saved us $260 and we were the...

Today we left Santa Monica to transfer to Anaheim. Drive was approx 30 mins as roads quiet due to it being labour day. When we arrived we had to wait 2.5 hrs before we could check in so the subway and burger place across the road seemed like a good first stop. I had fried zucchini which tasted more like oil than anything else. We then decided would go for a walk to the supermarket to get some salad and snacks for tea as we were over greasy food. The map showed it...

Today is our last day in Santa Monica as tomorrow we are off to Anaheim. We started another hot day by exploring the area and we must admit it is pretty awesome here. So many shops and restaurants right next to the beach. We went down to the end of the pier which is the official end of route 66. We then went to bubba gump shrimp for lunch. I had the forest gump feast which was amazing but would feed 4 people. Even paul's salad would feed a family. We now have wor...

Today we started early as we were booked in for a day in LA tour. The rastabus picked us up at the hotel which was a reggae themed tour bus. Our tour guide Brian was what seemed to be a hippy stoner but turned out to be extremely funny and had a wealth of knowledge. Our tour started in Malibu a lot of expensive beach houses and awesome beach we saw where mel gibson was arrested, lindsay lohan had a car accident and where brittney spears drinks .We then headed to...