Friday, July 01, 2005

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We made a late night stop at the Ralph's on Euclid to get some diapers and things. Grandpa said he wanted to swing by and see the "Video Cleaners" store we'd passed on the way in. Turns out it wasn't quite what grandpa had thought.

Grandpa and Emma rode in together today on the tram. Emma was having a blast as she had been all the way to the resort. Grandpa had been sharing his sandwich and feeding her nuggets the entire ride.

While in ToonTown we spotted this beautiful hibiscus tree outside the souvenier shop. It has so many blossoms on it which all seemed to be in the same stage of growth, it was almost artificial.

Here's Emma and I at Mickey Mouse's House. It was cool to see him in his own home. They close off a room and only let about 10 or so people in at a time. Quite personal.

This is a magnolia near the trams just outside Downtown Disney and it has a short story. I was standing on the curb and streaching to get a photo of the flower. I must have been a bit of a sight to see cause when I landed and checked this photo I snapped this lady turned to uss as she passed and exclaimed "It's a magnolia" in the most matter-of-fact tone. "Yup - iiiit is" I replied in my best duh-why-are-you-bothering-me tone.

I've been thinking all week this the coolest tile work I've ever seen - and it's on the bathroom wall at the parking structrue!

We dropped by West Coast Choppers this morning en route to Disneyland. WCC is the company owned by Jesse James of "Monster Garage" fame. We thought Rob might like some photos.

I took some pictures of the Disney Dollars I had becasue I'm not sure if they'll make it to the end of the trip and they're so neato lookin'! The 50th Anniversary bills are quite cool if you ask me, The reverse is the same on all of the denominatoins I have seen (10, 5, 1.)