Day 3. Saturday, Sept 4

I am going to try to do a quick update while I am sitting at LAX awaiting our 5,451 mile journey to Tokyo.

Saturday was another great day at Disneyland.  It was the busiest day we were there, but we had already done everything, so we were relaxed and hit the few things we had yet to see.  The distinctive difference between Disney World and here is that these are very regional parks, not vacation destinations so much.  At Disney World the majority of people are definitely 40something tourist families, whereas around here there is a much more diverse and interesting bunch of locals.  Young styling families from around my age on.  It's a really fun atmosphere for someone my age.

We ate our only sit down meal of the California portion of our trip at Tortilla Joe's.  I love chips and salsa and Mexican food and we also had a pitcher of strawberry margarita.  Needless to say, we had a pretty awesome lunch here.  I also got a little tired, so we made our way back to the hotel for a nap.

At night, we went back in the picture perfect weather to the parks.  We saw a couple 3D movies, rode the Disneyland train around the park and ate some quick food at California Adventure.  Then, as has become our nightly tradition, we made our way to the Paradise Pier area to watch the awesome World of Color show for the third and last time.  We have now watched it from dead center in the audience the first night, our best view, as well as from the back where it's easier to see everything going on and the very front row where you see more of the details (and get a little wet!)  This was definitely the highlight of our California time.  The Disney magic that brings the entire bay alive in fountains, fire, and animations projected on water is just amazing and the technology is unbelievable I'm sure!

Anyway, we got up bright and early at 6am because the Disneyland 1/2 marathon was going on and all the area roads were closed so we wanted an early shuttle to LAX. Definitely don't want to miss our Tokyo flight.  I will write again soon, next time, from the other side of the world!!!  The adventure to places unknown is beginning shortly and our trip  is about to get a lot more interesting!