~California Dreamin - Photographic Report~Index on post #1~Completed 8/17/07~

[tiggerwannabe]

Awesome pictures so far!! See...this is why I love you!! A great photographic trip report...

I'm heading out of town for the weekend, but look forward to seeing more when I get back!!

Awww, thank you...and have a great time!

I will definitely have more by the time you return~

I'm only through the end of page 1 but I'm loving it!

We're in the process of arguing California vs. Florida for 2008... I'm torn!

Thank you Jaime!

You think you are torn now?

Wait til you see the Disney stuff

Yes we get in on the 19th about 5ish...plan on just doing the sightseeing stuff thurs & friday....then hopefully we'll choose a Broadway play or musical for Sat & we have the Yankees on Sunday...so....what day is your BD??? Maybe we can plan to all have dinner somewhere friday night???

My birthday is the Sunday before but I can totally get away with celebrating the weekend after...it *is* a celebration month right?

I was thinking John and I would come up Friday night, not sure what time tho and possibly getting tickets to a show saturday? Or even tickets to the ball game on sunday John would totally love that...as my New Yorkers friends would say, we'll tawlk

Did you happen to stop in Carmel and check out the "white sand beaches"? Carmel is an awesome little town - BIG BIG $$$$ to live & shop there...but SOOOOO cute!!!! I love that town & really enjoy having our 'weekend crops' there - which is twice a year....even the girls would have loved Carmel~but that drive really is a long one....thank God it is a gorgeous one!!

We had just stopped in Monterey at the wharf, saw the signs to go to Carmel, and decided it was too soon to stop again I am kinda glad we didn't stop again so soon cause that ride down the coast, as I was forwarned, was looooooong. If we stopped everywhere we wanted we would've taken 3 days to get down the coast

 

[PrincessaC]

loving all the pics

 

[tiggerwannabe]

loving all the pics

Thank you Cally!

Next up...the beautiful Pacific Coast...

 

[tiggerwannabe]

For this chapter...I will let the pictures speak for themselves...

It was a lovely, curvey ride all along the coast. The scenery is fabulous, the gas is expensive ($4.16 a gallon ) but the water is cheap (Only $2 for a really big bottle)



We started our journey on 101 and didn't really hit the coastal route 1 before we were in Monterey. We left route 1 again for 101 around Santa Barbara. We knew we were back near civilization cause that's when the traffic hit~

...now, on with the show...

 

[tiggerwannabe]

The Pacific Coast - Part deux...

Sea Lions are an unusual site for us Jersey folks...these guys are totally cool to watch...

Kite Surfers! (too bad the ground was too high up for us to see the people, the kites were a really neat site tho)

Next chapter, Disneyland!!!!!!!!

 

[tiggerbell]

Gorgeous!!!

 

[Spartangirl]

The Pacific Coast looks absolutely beautiful! I'm looking forward to seeing your Disneyland pics...

 

[Dalpal]

Colleen!...From one photog to another
You done good girl!...

I think I would like to go sometime just to do the PCH for a week...and take my time...
I would soo not want to get back in the car...evey place I see in your pics....Id like to stop and play there for awhile....

It all looks sooooo lovely!

 

[bstsuda]

Awesome Colleen....i hate to say - but can't remember the last time i took any photos of our own coast line....hummmmm - i'm guessing it would have been '99 when DD graduated HS & we rented a condo at Pajaro Dunes for the party (& most of my family got to stay at the beach condo for the time they were here)...that is SO SAD - isn't it? but i'm still loving your pics!!! really anxious for the DL ones....

 

[blondeheroine]

Holy cow! These photos are beautiful. They make me want to MOVE there.

I'm going to San Fran in September with one of my best friends so this is so much fun!

And the sea lions would be unusual for me, too. I think I've seen them in the zoo though! LOL

 

[DISUNC]

[Britt, I guess, really had to go...

 

[DISUNC]

Did they explain the "True" story of the Birdman of alcatraz? What Al Capone was really like? The food that was served to the prisinors???

 

[DISUNC]

When this report is all finished

Wanna have a TR race?

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Thank you all for the great comments

I made a slideshow of part 1 for my MySpace friends, I will be cheating tonight since I am on my way out and will share my slideshow with you~

I will post these same pics in the normal format tomorrow but for those looking for a taste of what's to come, here is your preview...click on the picture below~

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Did they explain the "True" story of the Birdman of alcatraz? What Al Capone was really like? The food that was served to the prisinors???

Yes they did. I have the stories from the National Park's website and a picture of the menu. I'll share tomorrow, I'm supposed to be over my sister's house right now

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Wanna have a TR race?

I already win!

 

[PrincessaC]

Beautiful!!!! Colleen, thanks for sharing Gonna go check out the slide show!

 

[DISUNC]

THAT DRIVE!
THAT VIEW!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Disneyland was literally right across the street from us...this is the walk in/tram and bus entrance to the parks...

This was the view from our window...that's Tower of Terror in the distance

Our first obligatory picture of the day...

Can we get a close up of that please?

I could feel the magic as we entered...

the path to Main Street Disneyland.

Walt's office was upstairs, they still keep the light on for him...

My goodness that castle is small...

Here is my first view of Walt, Mickey and the Castle.

Our second obligatory shot of the day...

and a close up of that one as well...

Where do you think we should go next...

Iiiiii dunno, how about you...

Pirates is only a five minute wait...

We'll send Paul for fastpasses to splash after this...

The wait was five minutes, just look I have proof!

The outside is differnt, the inside is too...Pirates in Cali is longer, it's true!

This is a fountain outside of the ride, I thought it was cool how about you?

Disneyland has a pirate ship where Disneyworld has a ferry...

We passed it up for the haunted house...

Which is where we went next.

Here's a close up of the outside...

and me and DD

She really does love me...just look and you'll see!

 

[blondeheroine]

Oh I'm so jealous!

I love that they keep the light on for Walt.