___: Bike Ride to Disneyland

Last week my parents rode their bikes with my boys from San Diego to Disneyland. (Coolest grandparent idea ever!) They started out and rode to Oceanside the first day with all the boys. I was the support driver the first couple days of the trip. And Michael came and met up with us that first evening, then the younger two boys went and spend that Saturday with him. On the second day of the ride the three oldest boys rode with my parents across Camp Pendleton to Laguna Beach. Michael & the younger boys came back up and met us there that evening, and we had fun swimming at the beach and going to church there the next day. Then on Monday we left the car in Laguna Beach and I rode with my parents and all the boys to Anaheim. We got in 34.5 miles that last day of the ride. That night Michael & Aaron came and met us, and picked up the car on their way. Then the next day we went to Disneyland. We did all the rides, and my favorite part was going to Tom Sawyer's Island and playing for an hour in the tunnels over there -- in all the times I've been to Disneyland I never knew there was anything to do on that little island. Then after dinner, while everyone else caught one more ride together, my dad and I went and sat in the middle of the road while everyone walked around us, in order to save seats for our group for the fireworks display at the castle. We were the first ones sitting in the road, but by the time the fireworks started the road was packed with people. Then after that show, we hurried over to the Fantasmic light/fireworks show, which was a really cool end to the day. The next day Michael & Aaron drove home, while the rest of us road the train back to San Diego. So, I think the total bike ride from San Diego to Disneyland was somewhere around 103 miles. (Plus, Dad & the three oldest boys also rode back home from the train station, so they got in about 120 miles total). Pretty cool trip! The boys will always remember doing that.