California

On Thursday. we drove to Las Vegas. It was snowing and raining most of the drive. We stayed that night at South Point Hotel, which was pretty nice hotel. We went to the Town Square Mall and ate dinner at the Claim Jumper. We tried a dessert called the Chocolate Chip Calzone, which has white and bittersweet chocolate chips in it. The calzone was really good but too big to finish. After we left the mall, we drove around the strip and saw a few seconds of the Fremont Experience as we drove past.

On Friday, we drove to California. We ate lunch at the Barstow Station. We stayed at the Days Inn in Fountain Valley while we were in California.  We ate dinner at Mama D's in Newport. Afterwards we went to Downtown Disney, to shop, listen to performing musicians, and to watched the fireworks.


On Saturday, we ate lunch at the Crab Cooker in Newport and went and bought fruit at the O.C. Swap Meet. During the night we drove up to Long Beach and back.


On Sunday, we went to church, which was the Huntington Mid Singles Conference and there was over a 1,000 people there. We ate lunch at El Torito Grill at Fashion Island in Newport and we drove around Laguna Beach and got some ice cream at Husky's.

On Monday, we drove down to San Diego to go to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The park is half zoo and half tram ride around the wild animals. We saw elephants, gorillas, gibbons, rhinos, wildebeests, giraffes, deer, snakes, and lots of birds. We ate lunch at Farmer Boy Hamburgers in Escondido. Wee went to dinner at La Creperie in Belmont Shores in Long Beach. I had a chicken carbonara crepe and it was very good. Afterwards, we walked down the Huntington Beach Pier.


On Tuesday, we went and walked down the Newport Beach Pier. We went to the Disney Store in the South Coast Plaza and then drove to Knott's Berry Farm where we ate chicken and mashed potatoes for the lunch. After lunch, we drove back to Las Vegas. We stayed that night at the Riviera Hotel and ate dinner in their food court.