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Day 2 was a bit more busy than the day before, but for a theme park, it was dead. The weather continued to be amazing. The children saw the water rides on day one and were so bummed that we would not let them on. Day 2 we were ready, bring on the water rides. We packed a change of clothes for everyone. These were some wet kiddo's. They had a great time.

The Tiger show was fun. There is a section of the audience that the fence is labeled, caution you may get wet. Well, some of our girls were sitting in that section because you are right up next to the tigers. When the announcer came out he made it known that the section labeled caution wet is not for water. Tigers are very territorial and like to spray, hint, hint. On that note, my girls got up and ran. I was wondering how often that really happens. Sure enough, the white tiger strolls on out and lifts his tail and, grooooossssss. He did it like three times. It was nasty. I learned that the the tigers think whole milk is like ice cream to us. That is how they get them to do some tricks. I also learned that it takes about 2 years before a trainer can work one on one with a tiger. It takes that long to build the trust up. In the mean time the prospective trainer must work indirectly with the tiger. This is not the case if the tiger is a cub. That is a long time to decide if you trust someone.

Rides, rides and more rides. This is the end of day 2 and we are still not done seeing all the park. It was awesome.

Day one, Monday, has arrived. The park did not open till 10 and we had an hour drive from hotel to park, so we had a great leisurely morning. The car ride in was easy compared to the day before.

We arrived at the park and found the parking lot to be empty. We were concerned. come to find out it was just a slow morning. LOVE IT!!! We started off by doing the photo shoots, you know pose with this character, sit by , this fountain, etc... We decided to see a show first and went to the dolphin exhibit, the show was not for 45 min, so I took the older children with me and went on some rides. The first one was called Medusa. It was fast. They worn you to take all loose articles off, so I left my hat, some girls took off their sandals, the usual. As we are going up, and up, and up, I think this is sweet. We do the first drop and my glasses start to come off! We are flying, I think, this is crazy fast! So for the rest of this ride I've got my hand over my face to keep $400 attached to my face. That ride sucked, cause I couldn't see and my hand keep hitting me in the face.

Off to the dolphin show. This picture was taken by, Joleen. She is 9 and I told Christie, why aren't you or I taking these pictures? She said let her try. this is what we got. Way to go Jo!!! The older children were not excited at all about the show until it started. About half way through I look over and they are smiling, laughing, having a great time. It was awesome.

The entire day was about 70 degrees and all the rides were ones that we could walk right on to. We Had a great day!

We have delayed the inevitable for as long as we can. Like I said on day one, it would have taken about 20 hours from Tucson, To final destination. Well there is nothing to do between Vegas and San Fransisco, so the 9 hour drive on paper, begins.

We left Vegas on an overcast drizzly morning after doing all the hotels at about 11, and the first picture is of the mountains that are around Vegas. Picture number 2 is about an hour out of Vegas in CA. and we started to get snow. It was great watching the rain change to snow as we were driving. It was a great way to start out this long trip.

The children were great. We did the stop every 2 hours and rationed the water till about 20 min prior to pit stop. Great idea wife! As we were driving, we were not taking the I-10 so we used a lot of hwys and stuff. We were able to see a lot of the smaller towns. For people in Tucson, that green stuff grows on its own, and the cows in northern CA. are huge and fat. Not like those Tucson cows that you want to call the animal cruelty line because they are eating the " foliage" around them. I'm sure mesquite tastes great, ONCE! not to live on. All skin and bones. It was a long drive, but worth it. It was a beautiful drive. green hills, animals every few miles, sheep, goats, cows, horses. I was impressed.

We rolled into the hotel/timeshare at about 9:30-10 at night, so it was an, assign beds, and get to sleep kinda thing. Tomorrow, the PARK!!!! YES!!!