Okay, we finally cried Uncle and had to sleep in this morning! We still got up and made it to California Adventure by 10. (Oh my word – How tired were we!) so far the only thing I would change about this trip would be to add in a down day between San Diego, Anaheim and Los Angeles. Our bodies (read “feet”) need some rest. But today was an easy day… Only 15,193 steps 😜

California Adventure was really too cool! They had a lifesize version of town of Radiator Springs!! 
We loved riding the Tractors at Mater’s petting zoo and got drinks at Flo’s!  We had our picture made with Stanley at the Radiator Springs Town Hall.  

We had to skip the Lightning McQueen Race Track/Roller coaster- because the Fast passes were already gone (at 11am!!) and we just couldn’t wait 120 minutes!  Instead, we found Luigi’s garage and rode (were bounced around) in cars while the cars did a dance routine! It was too fun and I thoroughly enjoyed embarrassing my boys by keeping my hands up and “dancing” the entire time!

We road the biggest-longest-fasted roller coaster in my life at Paradise Park! (Look beside Mickey’s Ferris Wheel 😳 below) And learned about “single rider” tickets. Basically, they use you to fill in when there are empty seats.  We didn’t  care if we didn’t ride together -because not like you can talk on a roller coaster- so whenever possible, I went with boys as single riders, and Mike posted up at Exit… And we sailed by the lines! 

Paradise Park also had a great Ferris wheel 

And an old fashioned merry-go-round

(How many Browns can you get in a selfie?)

We loved the Toy Story Shooting Gallery and Goofy’s flying school 

The boys indulged me and went on The Little Mermaid ride – it was a sit down ride and air conditioned – so guessing it wasn’t undying love for their mama that got them in the car! 😍😝. It was so cool though – like a modernized version of Snow White ride – again it was SO fun to embarrass boys (and Mike) loudly singing “Under the Sea, under the sea, darling it’s better down where it’s wetter…” (You’re singing that song now aren’t you? 😜)

Keeping with the undersea them, we practiced being fishes while waiting for the Jellyfish ride…

Loved loved loved the Wilderness Explorer area for those of us like Russell trying to earn our wilderness badge to become a Senior Wilderness Explorer badge – remember Russell from Up? 

We had to find out what our “Spirit Animal” and complete a ropes course and other challenges…​

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Let me introduce the newest Senior Wilderness Explorers – we have the booklet and sticker to prove it!

We got soaked on the Rocky River Rapids… 

And then ran to check out Tower of Terror.  We just didn’t have another 90 minute wait in us, so we headed over to a Bugs Life for bumper cars…

Just then 2 amazing things happened…

This sweet picture without any prompting (or punishment from us)

And then we rounded a corner and saw THIS:

OH MY WORD!!!

So we completed our time in Anaheim with Captain America and Spider-Man, and 2 very Happy boys!!!

Look at Leo coveting that shield!!!

On to Los Angeles and Universal Studios! Look out City of Angels – Here come the Brown Brothers!