after our romp through delano in a bright white dreadnaut of a truck, we returned to the bakersfield residence for another day of chit-chatting and gaming. we had brunch back in we went over to my cousins for some mid-day snacking and eventually ended back at my aunt and uncles for dinner and a movie (enchiladas and Seabisquit... good food, good movie) the next day we pretty much just prepared for a our trek down to anehiem. we packed in the morning and we set off around 10:30ish. i got to drive the dakota with my dad navigating and my bro and sis in the back enjoying the entertainment. my aunt drove my mom in her jetta. i led the way most of the time, but at abbout the grape vine she somehow got ahead of me. it was pretty fun chasing hjer down the grapevine... at some points hitting 90+. when we finally got to anehiem i once again took the lead since my dad knew where to go. when we got to the hotel we learned that our rooms were not yet ready, so we left the cars there in the parking lot and walked to disneyland.

we figured we'd go to california adventure and maybe hit disneyland the day after. california adventure was pretty nice. its nice and big and spread out. the buildings and archatecture were nice and the rides were pretty fun. we started out with "soaring over california" or sumthin like that. the wait was rather... eternal.. but the ride was almost worth it. plus there were a bunch of aviation posters inside where the line was to give you something to read as you waited. the ride itself was pretty fun... not thrilling.. just... entertaining. after that we did... other stuff. mostly we figured out how to work the fast passes and got some for "california screamin".

for those of you who dont know what i'm talking about, basicly these fast passes are sorta shortcuts to skip through the line. what you have to do is go ahead of time to the ride you want and find the line for fast passes (yes.. they have their own little line) basicly its like waiting in line at the local train/subway/bus station for a ticket. there are a bunch of little ticket machines and all you have to do is swipe yer disneyland pass and it will spit out a ticket for everyone you swipe (since i was designated fastpass getter i had everyones park passes) the fast passes all have a one hour time frame on them at wich pint you can return to ride on the.. well... ride.

california screamin was one of the more entertaining rolercoasters i've ever been on. for starters it was already dark. second, it was the first one that ive been on that had that steam powered launch to begin the ride. its definetly a weird sensation... not like your falling... as usual, more like you have been moved from a state of stillness to a state of amovement... without your aproval. at first it literally feels like you left several internal organs behind.. but once they catch up... it is pretty standard. it is shaped more or less like the classic beach side carnival wooden coaster... but its metal... so it can do thing a wooden one could never do.. like loop and run smoothly. we also went on the big ferris wheel thing. i mostly wanted to take some pictures of the attractions at dusk all lit up and stuff. overall it was a fun time.