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Disneyland visit

We decided to visit Disneyland for our anniversary. It had been a few years since we were there. With the freeway construction complete, it is a short 5 1/2 hour drive to get there!
Downtown Disney has some fun stores. Here's Berlynn looking for an anniversary present.
In front of Disney's California Adventure, they spell out C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A in very large letters. Here's she's taking a break on the L.
We ran into Minnie on the Hollywood backlot at DCA.
This is the Soaring over California ride, a glider simulation and our favorite!
California Adventure also has Disney's version of a winery!
Of course over in the original Disneyland, the Mark Twain still navigates the great rivers.
The Jungle Cruise has attacking hippos!
One of the character handlers saw our "Anniversary" buttons and invited us to dance with Mickey and Minnie. I tried carefully not to step on her oversized shoes.
We also got a chance to dance with each other before the applause from the audience.
We spent a night at the Grand Californian Hotel and watched the Monorail train speed right through the hotel past our room.
After a short afternoon break, we went back to Disneyland - these balloons looked like a flower bouquet.
We had a great BBQ dinner at the Thunder Ranch hosted by Jessie and Woody from Toy Story.
Outside the Enchanted Castle we saw a duck that wanted to be as beautiful as a goose.
At the end of a long day, we went back to our room which was at the end of a long hallway. (No, this is not a Disney special effect.)
We waited in the lobby of the hotel for a friend for breakfast the next morning. What a nice place to sit and do nothing for a while!
One last trip on the Monorail - here are we are crossing the Disney version of the Golden Gate Bridge before we go on to our next adventure!