Although I have 93 Photopass pictures and many of them very good, my daughter captured the photo I really wanted.
We had a fun trip to DL. I arrived Friday late afternoon and checked into the Portofino Inn and walked to get some food for the next few days. Saturday I awoke early...still on east coast time...and saw it was raining on the 10k
. I laid in bed a while resting until the expo opened. It was much smaller than the WDW expos and the packet pickup was very quiet. I didn't purchase anything. I really wanted a CTC shirt, but I did not like the black shirt so I passed on it. Next I stopped for a salad and my daughter text to say she had arrived at LAX and was on the way (we used Super Shuttle..mixed review, but it worked) and she was hungry. We ate a late lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and then pool time! I had a slight headache all day and was worried about the next morning. As we were on east coast time getting to bed early wasn't a problem. I set my alarm for 4am...that was nice as at WDW I would be on a bus around 3:30am.
I woke around 3:30 and did some business in the bathroom (TMI) and felt much better, headache gone, time to eat and dress. I walked to the start and there were plenty of others walking too. It seemed very quite compared to WDW, but I chatted up a girl who then left me at corral c and on to "A" I went. Finally found some one to talk to, as there wasn't much going on..much less than WDW...no big deal. The start just sort of happened..no fireworks, I guess being so close to neighborhoods, unlike WDW, they try and be a little quieter and more considerate of others. I don't remember much of the race, really no characters I wanted pics with, I spent a lot of time in my head, I wish I had music, but I haven't run with it at other Disney races so I didn't bring any. The weather was pretty good, the course interesting, and the water stop people very good. So I finished with a PR.
Next, a triple espresso! And my daughter had booked massages at 9am..super treat! We spent some time in the
Disneyland Park and had dinner at Carnation Cafe. We got to spend two more days in the parks. I thought that they were crowded, but we went without a plan...just to do whatever we came to and felt like and so were happy with our plan.
Glad I went...I signed up in March so this wasn't something that was in the works very long. DD is four months pregnant so it was a fun trip for the two of us before her first child, my first grandchild is born.
That's my quick report