Let The Cray-Cray Vacay Begin!

Well, we made it to Cali-forny - Steve, Molly, KB, me, and three over-stuffed $12 duffel bags.  Oh, and let's not forget Missy-Moo, our Udderly Pink mascot (pictures to come later).

The flight wasn't so bad, considering how nervous flying makes me.  Steve didn't mind if we abandoned him (or was he maybe relieved) at the front of the plane while the three of us found a row together at the back of the plane.  Molly kept us entertained with some slicing veggie game on her iPad and KB kept us fed with her stockpile of snacks (somebody ignored the fact that we left Nashville at 11am, scheduled to arrive in LA at 2ish which would be just a little later than lunchtime - except for the fact that it would be 4ish Nashville time - in other words, LUNCH GOT SKIPPED - I should have paid more attention to time zone class in collidge).  Anyhow, once we landed, Steve headed off to secure a rental car, we waited for our bags, and then waited for Steve to pick us up.  Our entertainment was watching the lady picking up two relatives with four large suitcases - which wouldn't be a big deal, except for the furniture she had to unload out of her mini-SUV in order to load up the suitcases.  And then there was her German Shepherd that she had to move so Granny and Bro could get in.

We were planning to eat at In-N-Out by LAX, but when we got there, the line was practically lined up back to the airport, so we decided to drive to another one, which ended up being only a drive-thru/walk-up, which meant we got our food and ate outside on a picnic table - Welcome to LA!

We eventually made it to our hotel, Disney's Grand Californian - along with everyone else.  We got checked in, our rooms were ready, and we (and our bags) made it up to our rooms.  Before we could collapse, we decided to go to the race expo and get our race stuff.  And do a little shopping here and there.   When we finally made it back to our rooms, Molly and KB were in their pjs before I could turn around. So in other words, except for a brief trip to get some dinner (at a reasonable time - not sure what time zone we were going by), Day One of our vacation was in the books.

Now to figure out what I didn't pack ...

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The Good Stuff From Today:  the whole airplane experience; playing iPad games with KB and Molly; pictures of Missy-Moo; race expo