Bryce Canyon and Cabin

24-28 June 2024

Steve and I drove down on Monday afternoon. Stopped in Panguitch and had dinner at Cattleman’s Steakhouse. Yummy salmon

Pretty little lake behind our hotel building at Ruby’s Inn
We didn’t go into the park that night. We just met up with Jim, Anneke, and Corwin and then Thom and Robin when they got in later that night
After a too-leisurely breakfast at the hotel restaurant and a crazy long time working out bike rentals we finally made it into the park. Yay!
Since my knees are shot, Steve and I drove to the viewpoints instead of riding e-bikes.
Anneke needed to be back to the hotel by 2 for a job interview so she rode with us.
We walked out to any viewpoints that I could manage.
I love how different the viewpoints are!
It was quite hot so we did stop at the general store for very cold water.
Steve sucks in for the picture 😊
Right as we got back to the hotel for Anneke’s interview, the sky just opened up!
I was fully drenched in seconds. Totally took my breath away. What a fun storm!

Unfortunately, the bikers were still in it (they sheltered at the general store during the worst of it). Jim slipped on a wet path and injured his shoulder. 😥

After a short swim for me, ice cream for everyone but me and Steve, saying goodbye to Thom, Robin, and Zay, and a surprisingly good buffet dinner at Ruby’s, we headed back in to do some more viewing while it was much cooler.
Stunning. We sat at Inspiration Point for like an hour and chatted while the sun went down.
Next morning we got a slightly earlier start (at my insistence haha) The Freelands arrived late on Tuesday night so we planned some time with them in the park.
Got smart and brought a chair this time. Which was good because we ended up waiting for everyone for many many minutes at Piracy Point
We hiked out a little bit to another viewpoint through a little forest.
Steve and I took off so that I could make my therapy that afternoon. We drove down to the cabin the next day to spend time there with the Poulsbo Taylors and Teri
Hammock!
The trees above protected me from the rain 😊
This was the most incredible storm I have ever seen. We just watched it for like an hour. It continued for most of the night
Played a lot of Just One. Jim always does crazy obscure stuff so for one round we all did “Jim Clues” for him. He did end up getting it but only because Julia caved and did her regular type of clue. Haha

On Friday, when the Poulsbo Taylors left I was left feeling a bit gutted. Julia spent the whole time ripping on the place and I didn’t want to leave on that note, so I convinced Steve and Teri to stay longer and we spent a very pleasant evening playing games and talking about how much we love the cabin 😊

CA Road Trip May 2024

18-20 May Hitting some more state parks and getting some more beach time before I spend many months in Utah

Started at Fort Tejon State Park
They have done a really nice job restoring and preserving this fort
Very dry and hot. Would not have loved living out here without air conditioning!
Next stop: Colonrl Allensworth state park
Really nice place! Beautiful old church
I just happened to come on the day of the big May festival so that was neat. More to see than usual
Colonel Allensworth created an all-black settlement that functioned for many years
It’s a crazy hot and dry place. Quite an accomplishment
Palm Beach State Beach
Pajaro Dunes State Park
Made some grilled cheese in this beautiful grove. What a stunning place!
Salinas River State Beach
I pulled off and slept in Marina and then when the sun woke me made my way to Marina State beach

Incredible views all the way down the coast

Pfeiffer Big Sur State park
Went hiking around a bit
Some decently large trees 😊
Dang son
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
It just doesn’t get better than this.
McWay Falls
Because of the damage from the storm last year, the way down to that beach was blocked. Alas.
And that’s as far as I got to go. Highway 1 has been broken from here to just beyond San Simeon for about a year.
Fort Ord Dunes State Park
Monterey State Beach
I send pictures of my necklace to Steve when I’m thinking of him. 😊

Went to church in Seaside and then hit Solvang again. As one should.

This is really great ice cream that I should totally get again 😊
Caught this at sunset as I was driving through the Santa Barbara area. I think it might be Cachuma lake?
Stayed in my car at Point Mugu State Park
Woke up to this 😊
Hit Universal on the way home. My annual pass expires next week
It’s fun to see all the bits from The Good Place
They did a special backlot tour to celebrate their 60th anniversary. They let you off for photo ops with the psycho house…
…and Jaws. I just took photos from a distance because I didn’t want to wait in the lines
Lunch at the 3 Broomsticks. Yum

I didn’t even stay the whole day. Lines were pretty long and my knee doesn’t do those right now. I did the mummy a few times and Jurassic park because I discovered the special single rider/ wheelchair lines.

Utah State Park Wanderings

13 May Echo State Park
Rockport State Park
Bridal Veil State Park
15 May Huntington State Park
Millsite State Park
Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument
Bears Ears National Monument
Monticello Utah temple
Edge of the Cedars State Park
Such a cool sculpture!
It poured while I was out in the park!
Goosenecks State Park
Monument Valley
Ate at Goulding’s. Great fry bread 😊
And incredible views from just outside
16 May Started off for a fresh morning after staying in my car in a parking lot in Page.
Pipe Spring NM
Did a small hike. My knees just made it 😊
Gunlock State Park

Drove from here to Anaheim…

Palisade Lake Christensen get together 10-11 June 2024

Enjoyed sitting next to the lake as the sun went down
Julie Spencer and Weston came down from their cabin to my campsite for a camp fire. Love a camp fire so much! Slept in my car at the site
Kaylie and some of the kids and Allie and Mike and their boys came down on Tuesday for the day. We rented several boats and boards and just had a lovely time

I unfortunately had to leave at 4 so that I could be home that evening for Mars’ birthday 😥

CA Road Trip April 2024

26-28 April

My state parks pass expires this month so I planned another road trip to catch a bunch more and to spend some good nature time 😊

Started in Solvang with my favorite fish at Bit o’ Denmark
Visited the Crowned Heads 😊
La Purisma Mission State Historic Park
Really well-maintained old mission
Oil press
Very cool church
The fountain area is near
Pretty much had the place to myself! 😊
Montana de Oro State Park
Stunning place!
This specific beach is Spooner’s Cove
Morro Bay State Park

Stayed at a Motel 6 in San Simeon after looking around a bit for a place to just pull over and not finding anything

I totally remember this pool from when my family toured this place when I was little
I more than a little bit want this pool
Bam Egyptian statuary. Such a weird mix of things
Nice view!
I was excited to see the Spanish architecture
Incredible ceilings
Now that’s a home theatre!
I also remember this pool
Scared me to death when I was a kid. I couldn’t see the bottom and thought I would fall in and be lost forever 😁
Piedras Blancas lighthouse is permanently closed do this is as close as I’m getting hehe
Did catch some awesome sea lion action nearby
Had lunch at a cafe in San Simeon old town
Hearst San Simeon State Park
Harmony Headlands State Park
Estero Bluffs State Park
Cayucos State Beach
Morro Strand State Beach
Pismo Beach State Park
Drove right down onto the beach. But didn’t go far since I didn’t want to get my new car stuck
Oceano Dunes State Park
Had such a lovely time sitting alone on the dunes watching the sunset

Stayed in my car at Emma Wood

Beautiful morning at the beach!
San Buenaventura State park

Solar Eclipse Texas Trek

6-10 April 2024

Yay for the solar eclipse a few states away! My original plan was fly to Houston (not one of the airports in totality, rent a car, drive in to see the eclipse, stay at a hotel in Fort Worth just out of totality and then drive home. Decided to sacrifice a bit more time and save a whole lot of money by driving my car out and bank. Flexibility to sleep wherever and drive as much as I wanted each day, combined with no exorbitant airfare, crowded airport, traffic, expensive hotels, car rental, and gas to fill the guzzler made it the best choice.

6 Apr Casa Grande Ruins
So cool! A baby owl lives there in the structure. Mom and Pop both in the rafters of the pavilion above.
Tucson St Augustine cathedral
A fun sculpture in the courtyard
Rattlesnake Bridge
Las Cruces Recycled Roadrunner statue
Made of the most interesting stuff
At a rando rest stop in NM
Not sure if this is because of increased eclipse traffic but the rest stop in Van Horn that I stayed at was really packed.
7 April Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park
His childhood home in Stonewall TX
LBJ presidential library in Austin closed just a few minutes after I got there 😥 so the statue outside was all I got!
Ms Pearl the Roadside Squirrel in Cedar Creek TX
All decked out for tomorrow. Saw my first bad traffic but it was as I was heading OUT of the zone heading to College Ststion
Bedroll pecan Candy and Gifts…turtles I thought were the best use of the aforementioned 😊
8 Apr stayed at a Hampton in College Station. Hit the library first
Bush’s plane
Always fun to sit in the hot seat 😁
Piece of the wall
Desert Storm display
I really like to learn about the people behind the job. I always learn a lot
Good girl
Preview of later today hehe
Ha!
The Day the Wall Came Down. Artwork depicting breaking out of the Iron Curtain. Fitting at the resting place of a great horseman
Drive in to Waco Mammoth National Monument to watch the eclipse.
They were all set up with info and lots of free eclipse glasses
Didn’t get to see the park because they closed it fine for the festivities but it was a really nice place to view from
Set up camp in an overflow parking section right at the front so that I had an easy exit strategy.
Sat in my reclining camp chair and cooked some lunch right there on my camp stove. I have all the things in my car so that I can basically live out of it 😊
Mmm, grilled cheese
Lots of people there
Super fun watching the progression and talking to people around me
My spot was next to a little wooded area so I wandered in there both before and during to see the changes
I didn’t spend a lot of time trying to capture the experience with my camera. Wanted to experience it with my eyes! But this shows a bit of the atmospheric changes.
The camera really doesn’t do it justice
Echos’s camera caught a nicer picture in Tennessee where she watched
She got a good capturing of the twilight effect at 1 in the afternoon
And the cool effect seen through the tree leaves
Here is coming back out of totality. The whole experience is surreal and really just defies description. Highly recommend 😊
I jetted right out of there a few minutes after the few minutes of totality. Virtually no traffic on my way to Dallas where I hit the other Bush library
Also a great man! And one whose presidency I actually remember some of
The 9/11 exhibit made me think and cry. And taught me some new things
I always admired bush’s involvement in and decisive response to the attacks
Every Oval Office looks quite different
This was fun to see after experiencing The West Wing
Finally experienced some traffic while heading out of Dallas. Stopped at Fort Worth Water Gardens
Really cool sculpture and water features!
Took a short break to experience sunset by a lake
Lake Mineral Wells state park
Great roosting site out in the lake a ways

Stayed on a rando street in a small town in Texas before Lubbock.

9 Apr Snow in TX in April! What the ?!?
Stopped briefly at the Lubbock temple
It was so cold!!!
Petroglyph National Monument
I think this guy is riding a bike 😊
El Malpais National Monument
La Ventana Arch
Snowflake Arizona temple
Sat on the grounds for a while. Very peaceful with the running water
10 April stayed at Tru in Gilbert. Met these cuties for breakfast!
It was so nice to catch up again!
Visited the temple in Gilbert for a few minutes
Fun Barbie exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum. Here’s the OG
Look at the detail and size of the accessories!
The dream house used to be cardboard!
The career piece is huge. It’s fun to see what careers were emphasized when
The fireflies exhibit is the reason I came here. Went in there like 3 different times. Incredible!
LEDs on strands. Mirrored room
Dang
Now watch her in motion!
Very intriguing piece.
Even cooler from multiple views
Wow, I love this!
Can’t get over this one!
O. Kay.

Super fun trip! 10/10 No skips

Pizza Planet Trucks

I think I found all of the pizza planet trucks hidden around the parks for Pixar Fest

New Orleans balcony
Main Street Railroad station
Indy
Small World next to Woodu and Jessie
Runaway Railway candy counter
Plaza Point Christmas store
Toy Story Emporium window
Star Wars Trading Post
Main Street window above Clothiers
Inside Goofy’s house
Inside Mickey’s house
Columbia
Big Thunder
Pirates
Jungle Cruise
Tiki room
Bengal BBQ
Treehouse in the music room
Tropical Hideaway
Shooting gallery
Buena Vista Street window
Trolley Treats
Clockmaker window on BVS
Around Chamber of Commerce
In the car at Grizzly Peak
Hollywood window
Trolley Treats again
Starbucks
Terran Treats
Animation Academy
In the pizza planet truck in the parade 😊
Luigi’s
Cozy Cone office
Droid Depot
Tomorrowland Autopia
Buzz (spinning on the ride)
Star Tours
Alien Pizza Planet
Roger Rabbit
Guardians (nod to Tower of Terrir) 💚
Webslingers
Monsters Inc
On Incredicoaster final scene (closeup below)
Little Mermaid
Maker Space in San Fransokyo
Mater’s jukebox
Lamplight Lounge (seen from table side)
Lamplight (peeking through the lobby)
Big Thunder (they moved it!)
Matterhorn (it’s totally white in a really fast ride. Give me a break)
Nemo
On Racers on top of a radio in the curio shop

WDW Jan 24

28-31 January. Filled the break between my IST training and my backlot training with a quick trip to Orlando 😊

Day 1 Magic Kingdom, Resort, Epcot

Yum impossible meatloaf, mashed potatoes, Mac and cheese
And the reason to go to Liberty Tree Tavern…the ooey gooey toffee cake 😊
Progress on Tiana’s
Fun mural
I enjoy the inside jokes listed on the boards in the train station 😊
Found something else fun at the train station
Mr Toad has a memorial at the Haunted Mansion
Stayed at Coronado Springs. This is the stunning lobby!
My building
Great room…perfect for my nap
The pool area that I never actually used 😥
The new area at Epcot is beautiful!
Arts festival…sidewalk chalk painting
In ratatouille, you start the queue at people scale but move into rat scale 😊
Disney on broadway with Ashley Brown from Mary Poppins and L Steven Taylor from The Lion King
Dessert was good, but with churros and ice cream I had hoped for better. The churro was kind of hard
Cuties
But Thunder!
Luminous is breathtaking!
Got to watch it from the patio of The Rose and Crown
Also got to eat the excellent fish and chips

Day 2 Hollywood Studios, Resort, Epcot

Tower of Terror all by myself. Did this 4 times!

L

Never noticed gonzo on the clock
Fun tiles in front of the Chinese theatre
Edna mode meet and greet queue
The lines were insanely long all day 😥
Toy Story Land…always a fav
Had Woody’s Roundup Rodeo BBQ for the first time
They take you back to your table atop a noble steed
The decor is fun
The food is amazing! Biscuits to die for
And lots of plant based options! Plus some really good salmon
The dreaded allergy stick
At one point they announce that Andy is coming and everybody freezes 😊
Dessert…phenomenal pies in a jar. Had to have one of each 😊
The grounds of the hotel are stunning. Took more pictures every time I traveled through them
Incredible fish dinner at the restaurant at the resort
That night my lights went totally possessed on me

Day 3 Resort, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Epcot 😊

Helped paint the giant community mural
Had amazing arts festival food
Fried Parmesan with various toppings. Yum
Caught the hitchhiker
Yay Tron! Love it every time!
More fun festival food
Luminous in earnest hehe

Day 4 Animal Kingdom and Epcot

Love the tree!
The famous larger Mickey cinnamon roll plus some protein
Russell and Doug as Buddha statues in the Asia pavilion
Everest!
And again!
And again. Love single rider lines!
Pineapple dessert to die for
Hey Walt. Whassup?
Thanks for trusting me to help out in your happy place
Luminous Island in the day time
More festival food
Ended with incredible pizza from the Italy pavilion. Took the leftovers and ate them later at the airport. Until next time!

Disneyland Haps April – June 2024

3 April Went to the park with Gary and Kaylie for a couple of days. Went to the blue bayou for lunch the first day
Incredible fish
They were behind me on Mr toad and the ride went down. They got taken off right away but I was further in so it took awhile for me
You can hear Alice in wonderland! 😊
Storybook
Corn on the cob yum
4 Apr butter cake with strawberries
Watched world of color from lamplight. they were enchanted
Loved Guardians!
Runaway
Loved the dancing bit. Kaylie and I did anyway. Gary just wanted to capture our enthusiasm
The scooter sure is nice at times!
6 April Gary and Kaylie spent their third day with Kaylie’s sister and niece while I hung out with the Hakes fam…Cami, Kira, Darin. I showed them a really fun time!
Went in the Jungle Cruise on my scooter!
Waiting at the exit for our turn on the Nile Princess
My friend Victoria was the skipper and she was awesome!
Fun magic shots at the castle
Pirates!
Took off that afternoon for Texas to see the eclipse
11 Apr Me and my friend Jules
They took a Boats cast photo. Didn’t get to be in it 😥
But those are my river buddies!

I spent a lot of April at home since it seemed pointless to be not working, but living in CA. But I did make a few trips back down.

24 Apr Came down for the Cast Preview of the new Pixar parade with my roommate Mackensie and her friend from GR
They gave us some popcorn for the show
I found the iC! crowd and sat next to them
And my friend Rachel came and joined us! Our good friend Kaity is a dancer in it (Yay for her finally getting in a parade!) and we wanted to support her
What a fun night!

Took a road trip up the coast for a few days (see CA Road Trip April 24)

29 April Did a cast preview of the Railroad Tour and got to ride in the Lilly Belle!
She’s beautiful!
There was a cast preview for the Railroad tour so i took it!
We ended up getting stuck in the Grand Canyon section for like 15 minutes. It got pretty hot haha
They had us disembark at Main Street instead of going all the way back around to Toontown where we got on.
That was fine for most people but i am not very mobile right now and I had to wait on the steps for 15 minutes while a tour guide walked back to toontown and returned in my scooter
Fun tour and awesome experience!
Spicy Mac nuggets
Fergus Fizz
Beautiful Coco cupcake
30 April For Pixar Fest, they had cute car couches set up to view shorts like in a drive in
Pineapple shake yum
Took some characters photos
Met up with my old friend Tiff Sperry Day and her friend when we could park hop. Had a lovely rest of the day!
I love the fun things they do with dole whip at tropical hideaway
Rocked Guardians
Went to the pharmacy backstage and got all of this for like $18! So cheap!!
1 May Spicy pineapple dole whip
Duck patrol
Eventually found all the hidden pizza planet trucks!
2 May would have gone home for my birthday but I had a PRP injection that day. Had a lovely birthday at the park afterward
Chowder and fritters for lunch
Here’s the famous Dawn Redwood that until discovered in the 1900s in china was thought to he extinct for 150 million years!
Got bibbidied for my birthday
We had a little birthday party for me and Jeanette’s daughter, TinTin, whose birthday is also today!
Jeanette made the cake and some amazing Filipino food!
Had a great time hanging out. Mackensie on my right. Jeanette and Steve on the other end. Unfortunately Ken couldn’t make it. Work stuff.
3 May got to hang out with Serena. I love her so much!
She’s on the test team for Tiana’s so she slyly posed with her hat (she was headed to a shift right after)
Lemon meringue shake
Incredible new tortellini cone with fresh cheese
For Season of the Force, they choreographed a fireworks show seen from galaxy’s edge with Star Wars music.
The incredible thing is that is actually the Pixar fireworks show! Two totally different shows using the same fireworks!
What a fun return time card!
Got my best ever score on webslingers!
Stayed until the fourth so that I could enter my first ever speed puzzling event! My roommate Mackensie had never done one either
Fun snacks themed for May the Fourth
We were just a team of 2 competing against teams of 4 and we took 2nd place!!!
Team These Are Not the Pieces You Are Looking For 😊
We finished in an hour and 17 minutes. The team that took first only finished a few minutes quicker and they had 4 people
A proud day!
Special May the Fourth Lego
S’mores donuts at lamplight
Mackensie was working the VIP section of World of Color last night and it wasn’t full when the second show was about the start so she let me pull my scooter up to the railing.
Dang! best viewing I have ever had! That’s the way to go 😊
5 May went into the park in the morning on my way out. Did the Shrunken Ned for the first time 😊
17 May came back down to get some more things, tie up some loose ends, see fantasmic when it opened. Enjoy some Pixar Fest food. Ratatouille pizza and a gasteaus cookie
Yummy pasta
Turning Red cake
Finally found the last Pizza Planet truck

Did another few day road trip (see CA Road Trip May 24)

21 May. Finally caught up with Alex for dinner. Since she quit I have hardly seen her

Went back into the park and had some beignets
24 May Hung out with Gary for the day. Used one of my days so we could see fantasmic on opening night
Fantasmic is back!!!! Yay for Peter Pan 😊
We got a lovely spot at the second show because of awesome friends who hooked me up but it was CROWDED.
25 May so sad to leave this place
2 June entered the cast duck races. Had my nieces and nephews decorate ducks to enter. Claire’ strawberry..,
…and Emily’s ladybug 😊
7 June Echo did a Love Bug 😊
Here they all are on the entry table
So many fun entries!!!
So amazing!
They race through Small World
I met Autumn and her mom there!!
Race time!
Here they come!
None of mine
placed but some of them at least survived 😊
I also saw a couple of iC friends, Katie and Lily
Afterward, we took a giant photo back in Toontown with Donald (happy birthday!)
Spent the rest of that day treating Gary and Kaylie to a day in the parks. She flew down for the weekend.
Twinners!
Mexican for lunch
Elemental themed food
Watched fantasmic from the disability section at Riverbelle, a really nice spot
8 June just wandered and enjoyed. Love the bootstrappers
17 June One last trip down before my surgery. Met Davon, Callie, and Mikki for dinner in Newport Beach. Hit the beach around sunset.
I willI miss her when I’m in landlocked Utah

18 June. Started the day with Mikki, Callie, Davon, and Destiny
Then Cherish and Presley finally made it!
Went to Toontown which they loved and had fun meeting Goofy…
Well at least I did! 😊
Cherish stayed in fantasyland with present but ended up really stressed out and was ready to leave but we convinced her to stay and we had a great afternoon.
Rode Pirates. Met Jack Sparrow
honestly more for cherish 😊
Davon kicked it up a notch with a bubble wand for Presley
Finally she wanted to wear her princess dress!
They LOVED Galaxy’s Edge!!!!
Davon tries piloting of a new kind…while rockin the blue milk
We made it this far on Rise before it broke down. We hit free return times but it never came back up in time 😊
Cherish took Presley back to the hotel while the rest of us hit the Matterhorn and then headed over to DCA to finish out the evening.
Callie and I ended up with Ratstoulle sweatshirts
Saw a rocket launch from SpaceX. So amazing!
Rocked Guardians
Mikki and I rockin our matching Groot shirts
Rocked guardians again!!
Callie sat that one out
19 June went one more time for a few hours before I took off. Yummy esquite bowl at rancho
While I was driving back, Davon was doing this!
So happy for them! 💚
He had down me a picture of the ring and told me about his plans. She was totally floored!

CA Road Trip Feb 24

18-19 Feb. Stayed closer to my place on Presidents’ Day weekend, going places on Sunday and then again on Monday.

Went out to Disney’s Barn
I didn’t ride the train but it looks fun!
After the property at Carolwood was bought, people brought the barn and some train stuff out to Griffith Park
He sure loved his trains!
This was the name of a band!
Broggie’s tool box
An aerial view of the property
The diorama of the old mine train area was the coolest part
Rainbow Ridge is still part of big thunder
As are the caverns here
The diorama has moving parts. So cool!
Walt’s tools
He had a real time map of his train. There’s one like this in the Main Street railroad depot for the Disneyland railroad
Here is Walt operating it
Morse code 😊
They only open for a few hours a month so that may be the only time I go.
While at Griffith park, I went to see the carousel that inspired Walt to create something family’s could do together…Disneyland!
Disney grave at Forest Lawn
The statue of David is now green. Strange.
Then I visited the site of Walt’s Second Studio on Hyperion Avenue. It’s now a parking lot – the sign is the only remnant
On Monday I went to the Nixon library.
In honor of the holiday they had live actors.
POW place setting in the cabinet room
Nixon created the EPA and the Endangered species act
This is his birth home. A very humble beginning
He always loved President Lincoln
We still struggle with this!
Historic visit to china with the famed handshake. First in decades.
Moon landing figures, appropriately defying gravity
The phone to the Apollo
Yaaasss!
The house was closed because it was rainy but this is an exact replica apparently
The Lincoln room was a favorite haunt. He would sit there reading, studying, working for hours
Visited the site of the new Yorba Linda temple while I was out that way

Disneyland Haps Jan-Mar 2024

Starting my new role as an Imagination Campus facilitator. I will miss my friends in attractions so much!!

Alondra!
Serena!
Rachel and Kaity! Went to dinner at a hot pot place…so fun!
Lana!
Georgia!
Lupe!
Isabelle!
Gerri and Michaela!
Marisa!
Jeremiah and Olivia!
Brianna, Maddie, and Hilary!
Jeanette!
Raymond, my first training buddy!
4 Jan Gingerbread shake at Flo’s
5 Jan. 2nd to last shift
6 Jan Incredible Christmas funnel cake with apple pie filling…mmm
11 Jan Haunted Mansion bride cake. Red velvet layers with a super incredible brown sugar sauce.
12 Jan My last shift as an attractions CM…worked the run Disney expo floor on marathon weekend. Got to take pictures of people in front of this cool backdrop
13 January spent the day soaking in the park, looking for fun details the carousel horse and bench from Griffith park where Walt conceived of Disneyland
Mickeys in the stair lights in the cinema
Walt as a baby in the baby care center
Jammed with the bootstrappers
Captain Jack was enjoying it as well 😊
Hidden Walt in the crystal store in New Orleans square
Walt’s and Roy’s initials in the railing outside of Walt’s apartment
Aladdin’s lamp is really fun! I had never done it before
Original lanterns!
The Disney crest
The puppy barks! 😊
Lemon pie yum
Drew new style Minnie
Never noticed the toad trim before!
The book tithes are hilarious!
Yay! Starting at Imagination Campus!
Perk of the new job…I can order guest food for lunch!
Peach pie at flo’s with vanilla ice cream from cozy cone.
17 Jan Tripped over this bad boy on day 2 of training. Limped along after that
The ugly aftermath of my fall
Amazing event that first week
18 Jan Really enjoyed Palm Breeze Bar inside the new DVC tower
Crazy good dessert!
19 Jan. Bread pudding is actually not bad. Thought the texture would kill it for me but I liked it!
Ugh. New temporary lightning lane for pirates while mansion is down. We hate to see it
Lemon merengue eclair from Jolly Holiday
Finally snapped a pic of the plaque on the Bug Thunder loading doc
20 Jan. Tiana’s is shaping up!
25 Jan Chinese new year festival food
27 Jan. Out of this world parfait
Banoffee pie!
Baymax!!!
2 Feb Doing our workshop training! They pay us to go on a ride!
3 Feb
Watched world of color from Lamplight
Empty car!
6 Feb. So. Much. Rain
Trivia night was so fun! Brando, Madi, Joey, and I were Team Thanksgiving Leftovers because we were thrown together from remnants of other teams
We didn’t score high but we had a lovely time!
After the team kickoff meeting. New friends from iC
7 Feb I miss my waterfront
Lucky I think!
The fireworks show is super cool in the rain!

I love the park in the rain!!!
8 Feb Happy 23rd birthday DCA!
12 Feb My new friend Melia
Finished IST classroom training 💚
My new friend Victoria. We interviewed together and hit it off immediately!
14 Feb More lunar new year food
Fun decorations at the Grand
Cookie and milk cups…such a fun idea!
15 Feb Yay! Fire effects are back!!
16 Feb Gluten free brownie dessert at Lamplight
Popped in after work
17 Feb Tea cups in 6 seconds 😊
It’s really nice that I don’t even have to change to come into the parks after work
19 Feb Cinderella cupcake…pink. No blue.
17 and 24 Feb My favorite! I went again this year but for longer!
24 Feb
27 Feb. Yay! The Twain is back! She’s so pretty!
29 Feb Got to hang out with the Johnson’s 😊
I love Karla!
1 Mar Nummy impossible chik parm and stroganoff
6 Mat more rain!!!
Rainy Day Cavalcade instead of parade
7 Mar Incredible fish at Ballast point
9 Mar
Found a bunch of the eggs!
25 Mar. got to spend the day with Julia, Jim, and Corwin. Had a blast!
Took a break in the middle of the day to attend a cast only event from NASA astronaut and astrogeologist Jessica Watkins. It was so inspiring!
My friend Breanna took them up to the wheelhouse
26 Mar. I’m renting a scooter to do park days now. My knees are still a struggle. Haven’t worked since 6 March