Point Dume

Ron and I went on a day trip to Malibu this past weekend. Malibu is just 15 minutes from our house, but it has so many things you can do that you can take day trips every once in a while.

We started off by having lunch at Malibu Seafood. Ron had the fish/fries and I had the shrimp/fries. It was YUMMY! I would even go as far as saying this place is better than Neptune Net!!

After lunch, we went to Point Dume. There are tidepools there and it has purple starfish. We arrived in the early afternoon and didn't realize we would have to hike a good distance to get to the tide pools. Normally, this wouldn't be such a big deal, however, every Saturday we go powerhiking in the Santa Monica mountains and we were already sore for that hike and ended up hiking 2 more hours!!

Got to the tidepool and it was high tide...laughing! We didn't get to see any of the starfish.

This is where the tidepools are when it is low tide.

Ron after we had been hiking for about an hour.

Point Dume is known for being in several scenes on TV shows and movies. It was in the O.C., Iron Man, Planet of the Aps, and many more.

Halloween Time/CHOC Walk in the Park

This past weekend, mom came to visit me and we went to Disneyland Halloween Time. It was a fun filled weekend:

-Mickey Trick-or-Treat Party on Friday.
-Happiest Haunt Tour on Saturday.
-CHOC (Children's Hospital of Orange County) Walk in the Park on Sunday.

Friday, we went into Disneyland Park for a little while to hang out and enjoy the atmosphere until Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party @ California Adventure that night.

Fantasyland: Mom and I spend most of our time @ Disney in Fantasyland riding all the "Mom Friendly" rides...lol. She really enjoyed the Tea Cups.


Friday Night - Mickey's Party: Mom and I are no beginners to this party, so we knew exactly what to do the make the most use of our time. First stop...Mickey and Minnie! The lines for these two get REALLY, REALLY long...So, the best thing is to go to them first stop and then enjoy the rest of the park.

Funny Story: DCA (Disney California Adventure) lets everyone into the parks a little early and then there are ropes that you wait behind. So, we were waiting to powerwalk to Mickey and Minnie for our picture. This entire family was in front of us...When the ropes dropped they took off running and I was think...Wow, they will get to Mickey fast. They ran right to the HOT DOG Stand and started jumping up and down b/c they were the first in line for that. I had to stop for a moment and just look at them...It was funny!



Saturday - Happiest Haunt Tour: Each year Disney seems to be adding stuff to their Halloween schedule. This year, they had the Happiest Haunt Tour. It was so much fun! They guide you in DCA and Disneyland. They tell you the different Halloween stories about both parks. They also give you front of line to Space Mountain, Tower of Terror, Big Thunder Mountain and Haunted Mansion. The front of line for these rides this time of year is worth the cost of the tour. But the BIG part is the seating for the Halloween Fireworks Show...They were GREAT seats.

If you are not a annual pass holder and want to enjoy Disneyland during Halloween time and see DCA - this is the tour! You get to walk in some of DCA and you also get to go into Disneyland...The tour ends around 8PM and then rest of the night you are free to roam Disneyland. Once you leave, that is it...You can't get back in. It was a good price to pay for a evening there...Cheaper than the normal tickets and you get front of line access to the rides.

Justin our "Ghost" tour guide!

Mom's first time on Tower of Terror!

Sunday - CHOC Walk in the Park: Mom and I raised money to do a Walk for the Children's Hospital of Orange County. It was such a different walk than anything we have ever done before! Overall, there was 12,000 walkers who raised $1.1M for CHOC.