Day one of the trip to southern California. We spent most of the day in the car. We drove from Los Gatos, made a quick stop to see Venice Beach (Pokie had never been, and it is one of the few places that is exactly like it is on TV). We saw the necessary things in Venice Beach. We saw street performers and muscle beach and the kids played on the play structure on the beach. We got to experience the real L.A. as well. We were stuck in traffice for a couple of hours between Venice Beach and Anaheim. Finally, we ended up at our hotel across from Disneyland. Len and Pat came down and had dinner with us and we took a quick trip through Downtown Disney. The only store we went in was the Lego store. We also went through the Grand California Hotel. Probably the best description of it is, “Disney’s version of the Ahwahnee”. Right as we were arriving back at the hotel, we were treated to a good view of the fireworks over Disneyland. I think it was the first time Sam has seen fireworks, somehow he knew to say, “Oooh, aaah” and “That one is pretty”. We will see plenty of Legos on Sunday. Disneyland tomorrow.