Thank you MarbleBob for this adventure you "took" me on!
It was great finding it years later and being able to read it all at once and not have to wait for installments to post! It also kept me quite entertained on these last two slow night shifts here at work.
I can't even begin to comment on all I want to, there was so much of it!
Highlights: mareceline Mo. wow! I want to go now!
Santa Claus on his way to Starbucks! I laughed out loud reading about him!
Your family is amazingly adorable! Sweet sweet kids it seems and a happy couple, so very nice to see.
I need to find your Hawaii trip report and read it! I've been to Hawaii many many times and one of these days, for the sake of my kid (who am I kidding...me!) we will have to check out Aulani. Since Buddy loves trains so much on your next trip to Hawaii (there WILL be one because once you go you'll never get it out of your system), you should go to Kauai. There's a fun train to ride at the Kilohana plantation. It's a very quaint fun gorgeous train ride through many tropical gardens. At the end you can feed some pigs!
http://www.kilohanakauai.com/
We live about a 5 hour drive up from San Francisco, in the redwoods on the coast. We visit San Francisco very often and I've never been to the Walt Family Museum but it's been on my list. After your TR, I realize I HAVE to get there soon! It's looks so "cool".
And we are at Union square, Fisherman's Wharf and china town more than anything. Now I realize I need to spend some time in Japan town as well.
So thank you! It was quite entertaining. I've never visiting the TR forum, always just sticking to the DL forum. This is the first TR that caught my eye and I read it. So glad I did!