Getting Ready And Going On Tour (Page Two)
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December 24th 2017 - Last Updated: 01/01/2024 20:15:PM
We are taking the private tour again today because it ends up with hot chocolate and a seat right down in front of the parade! Yeah! No sitting on the sidewalk for hours in the hot sun. Plus, we get a great tour guide!
It was crowded today!
We made it by the skin of our teeth!
Did You Know? - In Job 19:20, the King James Version of the Bible says, "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth." In the Geneva Bible, the phrase is rendered as "I haue escaped with the skinne of my tethe."
We are and we did!
Check in
Ear buds are in and ready to go!
Silly Lilly has here sippy cup ready!
Yep! Ready to go!
All smiles... We are going to be heading out for a two hour tour!
All wired up!
"OK, where is the volume control?"
Great smile... Today will be a super day!
We have a private little patio to use before we depart
The motley crew assembles!
The wagon master just yelled "Get in-line"
Did You Know? - A wagon master was the person hired to oversee the transportation of a group of wagons from one place to another. On the American frontier, the term usually applies to the person responsible for assisting groups of immigrants or pioneers from the eastern U.S. to the western U.S. Wagon masters were also hired to oversee shipments of cargo or mail. A group of wagons traveling together were referred to as a "train".
The trip across the western U.S. by wagon was long and very difficult. Typically, a wagon train would travel at around two miles an hour, which would only permit the train to average ten miles a day. Therefore, the 2,000 mile journey from Missouri to California or Oregon would take about five to six months depending on weather or other difficulties.
She was pretty funny and very observant!
First stop - California Adventure
Grandma and Zack getting informed!
We have seen these pictures... in the Post Office!
Definitely winter... The trees have lost their leaves!
Fifty feet into the sky!
The decorations on the tree are circa 1930's
Some of the artists when through their
grandparents attics in search of 1930's-like ornaments!
Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, at 1249 Tripp Avenue, in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood. Walt was the fourth son of Elias Disney
We all got some Marshmallow surprises
Did You Know? - The word marshmallow stems from the mallow plant (Althaea officinalis) that is a genus of an herb native to parts of Europe, North Africa, and Asia. The word "marsh" is used because the mallow plant grows in marshes and other damp areas. The plant itself has a fleshy stem, leaves, and a flower with five white petals.
There is no exact date as to when marshmallows were invented, but their history goes back as early as 2000 B.C. Ancient Egyptians were said to be the first to make marshmallows, and it was considered a privilege to be able to partake in its consumption.
It was strictly reserved for gods and royalty, who took the root of the plant and used it as a medicine to soothe coughs and sore throats, and heal wounds. The first marshmallows were prepared by boiling pieces of root pulp with sugar until it thickened. Once thickened, the mixture was strained, cooled, and then used as intended.
Just like the 1930's
A good looking couple!
Love that smile
Christmas Tree point! We begin walking Disneyland
(The artificial evergreen is 60 feet tall and decked out with more than 1,800 ornaments and glistens with 70,000 lights.)
Did You Know? - 42 inches tall is the star that on top of the Christmas tree
280,000 pine-tip branches molded from actual tree branches are on the new fake Christmas tree
1,200 large branches are on the new fake Christmas tree
70,000 lights are on the Christmas tree
2,000 ornaments are on the Christmas tree
4,800 LED lights are on the christmas tree
The castle was beautiful - 64,000 energy-efficient LED lights are used on Sleeping Beauty’s castle to make this castle sparkle at night
Mr. Rabbit thinks so!
California blue skies! Because of LED's, 3 household circuits is all the power the castle lights need to operate each night
How did she slip beer into a soda bottle?
Here I am in action
Coming around the bend!
Making its now famous left turn!
All smiles!
We have done this before.... We know exactly where to go!
Seat #1 - Right next to the start!
Bob and his famous "I can't put my hands down" shirt
Lilly gets ready to watch the parade... A Dorito moment
Did You Know? - The exact origins of Doritos are a little murky, but at least one story has pinpointed the location of the chip's beginnings as the happiest place on Earth. In its early days, Disneyland featured a Mexican restaurant based around another hugely popular corn chip. The Casa de Fritos offered tamales, enchiladas, and, of course, bags of Fritos.
As author Gustavo Arellano recounts in Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, in the early 1960s a sales rep for Alex Foods, which supplied the Casa de Fritos with its wholesale ingredients, saw cooks throwing out unwanted tortillas. The rep told the cooks that in the future they should save the tortillas and fry them into chips.
Patrons liked the improvised chips so much that they went on the menu. As the story goes, the next year, Frito-Lay marketing executive Arch West visited the restaurant, saw how popular the tortilla chips were, and started planning a national rollout for the snacks.
All in our places with bright shinny faces
Paul makes his own Santa Hat!
