Bubba at Dizzyland

Here is Gidian kickin' it in Disneyland. If you can tell me what ride this is, I'll give you a shiny quarter... and a kick in the pants for knowing Disneyland too well.

It was Disneyland's 50th Anniversary, so there was some cool decorations and an out-of-this-world firework show: Julie Andrews narrated, Walt added some thoughts. They went through several movies and Disneyland rides, complete with a pirate battle over the castle and Tinkerbell cruising in on a guide wire and zapping the castle with her wand and finally a shooting star.

Since I was stuck in Southern California on 3 audits for two weeks, including weekends, B'Andra just bought an annual pass to Disneyland and went 7 days out of 9. I think Gidian got a little tired of it, but learned to love some of the rides: Whinney the Pooh, Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean.

I went twice and really took things easy and really curtailed B'Andra's death-march style amusement park routine. But she was OK with it, knowing she had a full week to keep coming back.

I enjoyed Tom Sawyer's island. First time going there. Gidian loved it, which is what made it fun. Ditto for Tarzan's Tree-house, which apparently used to be Swiss Family Robinson's Tree-house.

The great thing about Disneyland is most of the rides are for children. This can be a boring downer when you are an adrenaline junkie, but if you are a middle aged, car-sick-plagued wimp like me, it is just right. Well Gidian makes it fun. B'Andra makes it fun too. She knows the park better than anyone I know.