Highway 101 & Disney

OK, so we're in Los Angeles now, well not quite, just outside in Anaheim - only 5 miles from Disney. We spent Wednesday driving over 350 miles from Santa Cruz to our hotel here. Instead of taking the boring route down the Interstate we took the famous coastal roads Highway 1 and US-101 that border the dramatic Pacific coast line. We left at 8.30 AM and didn't arrive until 8 PM. Spending 8 hours in the car. Nevertheless, it was worth it for the incredible views we had for the majority of the drive and for the opportunity to stop at picturesque locations such as Pfeiffer Beach; which is largely unknown to tourists and sits nestled in a cove that makes picturing yourself on a treasure island extremely easy. 


It was all plane sailing until we hit L.A (which we had to drive through to get to Anaheim), the traffic really is as bad as it's reputation suggests, but...we didn't get lost once! We even managed to stay on the right side of the road and despite Jenny singing for most of the way and me getting extreme cramp in my right leg I managed to stay sane.


We have 7 nights here now and we have just spent our first 2 days visiting Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. I'd love to go into detail about how much fun we had and compare each park and ride to DisneyWorld in Florida but it's 11:51 PM and we need to be up by 7 AM tomorrow for our tour of L.A. Jenny shouldn't have too much trouble though she's currently snoring away in the background but I am exhausted! So for now I'll just say that Indiana Jones and Big Thunder Mountain were our favourite rides at Disneyland and we think the Californian versions of Space Mountain and Tower of Terror are both inferior to their Floridian counterparts. However, World of Colour, which is Disney's new night time show at California Adventure, is hands down the best show I have ever seen at a Disney park and is honestly worth the entry fee alone. And that is saying something considering I've seen most Disney parades/fireworks/shows going for the last 10 years. Who knew what amazing sights could be made simply with the use of water, light and fire.


Oh, and I need reigns for Jenny. I looked down at a park map for literally 10 seconds at Disneyland and she was gone. We couldn't find each other for 10 minutes and with no phones on us we both started to worry but eventually managed to bump into each other by luck. After a good bollocking she wouldn't agree to a leash but we have made a point of picking a rendezvous spot in case of any more wandering incidents!