After last years excursion to California in Dwayne's truck, I found the mere thought of everyone being shoved into his vehicle, fighting, crying and complaining of such close quarters to be reason enough to go purchase a new, used car. 2 months of research with the help of Consumer Reports, I finally settled on the Honda Pilot. My old beat up Toyota Rav 4 had been paid off for years so I wasn't looking forward to having to make a payment again although it had almost 150,000 miles on it, my old Toyota was by far the most reliable car I've ever had but now we have a family of six which makes going anywhere impossible with everyone. Everyone loves the new car because it has 3 rows of seats that can keep the kids apart. My favorite thing is the leather interior and moon roof. I think Dwayne's favorite thing is the roominess, the 10,000 places to put stuff and the AWD.
We visited California Adventure Park on the first day and the biggest hits with the kids was the Grizzly River Run and Tower of Terror. The best part was the perfect 75 degree weather and there was practically no lines for any rides. We were even able to get on the rides faster because Brandon was using a wheelchair due to his MS. Seriously, the maximum we waited for a ride was 15 minutes.
The second day we spent in Disneyland only Dwayne didn't go with us the first 5 hours because he was working on homework for college. Even though we had to go without him the kids still loved every minute of it. At Disneyland Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, and Thunder Mountain were their favorites. We are already planning our next trip to Disneyland in 2015.
