The Story Of Us

When we left Monterey, we first made a stop at M's uncle's house. We hadn't met them in several years and spent the day with them. It was a great time catching up and boy does his aunt know how to cook. Yum! The next morning we were off to San Francisco. We were issued many warnings about the current state of San Francisco. The homelessness is on an all time high as is the opioid epidemic. We were told to be very careful. Car theft and break ins were also a concern so don't leave anything in your car, we were told numerous times. We had seen a lot of homelessness in San Diego as well.. and while it is awful being close to New York it was not something we had not seen before. But we made sure to take precautions.  We stayed at the Hyatt in the Union Square area. Which was the perfect location because it was within walking or trolley distance of everything we wanted to do on our first day. No car needed.  First stop Chinatown. San Francisco's Chinatown is the oldest i...

On our fourth day of our California trip we went to Disneyland. It was our first time visiting Disneyland. We had been to Disney World twice before, once in 2015  with my parents and then again in 2016  with M's sister and parents. We hated it. Both kids were under the age of five, the lines, they weren't tall enough to ride any of the good stuff and oh the lines! M and I had vowed never again. But here we were planning a trip to California and well when I asked the kids they said they definitely wanted to do it.. argh!   We stayed at ALO Hotel by Ayres a couple minutes away from the park. My cousin mentioned parking was horrible at the park and suggested we take an Uber instead. But turns out Anaheim offers a bus you can call.. I'm not 100% sure what it was but we hopped on right outside our hotel and it dropped us off right at the gate. You had to pay once and then could ride it as many times as you like..  We had bought the Disney Genie Plus.. which I highly...