Originally Posted By murfsmom hi T_M- all rested from your trip ? so sorry to hear about the photo, i called that linda person as well and no luck either but don't give up , you tell cindy that i'm praying for her and just know her scans will be ok, i know i have to go through every once in a while because of the cancer i had on my optic nerve. even though it's been a long time since i had it,i still deal with the scans and it's a little rough on my nerves. but i have faith, and you and i know what that can accomplish !! (((HUGS)))
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE yes , all resested up, ready to come back, ha ha ha, you have gone thru so much with your scans and things, God sure is looooooking after you, we ha a wonderful time to-gether , we did, it was fun, the peter pan ride was neat, the toy story one was sooo much fun, fantasmic, meeting new friends, we just did and had sooo much fun all in one day too, not even a full day as we started out at lunch time...we really accomplished alot , didn't we ...oneday we wil fly down for a nice long visit... that would be fun..probaly won't be til christmas 09, unless we win a trip some how...picture will work out...if not, well that is o'kay, our memories and what we do have will be just fine...thanks for phoning too, it is very strange not to hear back, very strange, they were so keen at the out set, but who knows, maybe just too much on their plates right now too, ake care, will send yo a email thisweek, thanks again Stevie , Hugs to Beth too,she is a wonderful gal as well...gave us a lot of fun and happiness that day...it was fun, fun, fun, ...; ) : ) : ) : ) : 0 : 0 : )
Originally Posted By WestWind I just read all your reports and posts, thanks for sharing. You obviously had some good and some not so good, but the good won out as usual. That Tink-Mobile did a lot of driving to get there and back safely. How was driving for that many hours in that few days?
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Hi There....The driving started out really well, when we hit portland around 530 the traffic slowed considerably..so we had dinner at a Denny's and started out again around 630, where it was still busy for a few miles...then it smoothed out and we were on our way, we hit grants pass around 8 pm and had a lil break...then on to Stockton...we had a few stops , along that long stretch, I was getting tired thru the last part of the mountains heading down to sacramento, the roads were very dark with very limited lighting....the sun did not come up til close to 630am...we had a nice drive into Sacramento the traffic was very light for a friday morning, then on to Stockton where we met up with some very Dear Friends Shiva .Tinkeroon..and the Clones..although tinkeroon was unable to be there physically as she was involved in some jury duty, she was there spiritually, we had a great breakfast, chatted for a few hours,then were tearfully sent on our way to the most Wonderfullest Place in the World....Disneyland....we left around 11.40 am and we arrived in Disney around 6pm...we were making great timearriving in LA around 340pm then onto the Santa Anna freeway around 440pm , it was there everything stopped, the traffic was really bad, I don't know if another freeway gets you there quicker, it was the longest stretch of tye -ups on our drive...we were patient the kids put on a movie I liked of course a driver privillege..beauty and the beast ..ha ha we watched that as we got into harbour boulevard just as we were attempting to switch lanes...a clear lane turned into a lane not so clear , a big semi for some reason did not want to let us in, he held back again and as we tried for a second time he blasted his horn again scaring the heck out of us all, then he blasted bye us almost hitting a car in front with his trailer tilting over a bit he sped on down the freeway, we finally got over as the lanes had opened up into 5 or 6 it was sll tough getting over for last metres but we did, then after a big sigh we entered the parking lot of howard johnson's where we had an incredible 12 days of Disney, which went so darn fast...talk about westwinds...our time just blew bye, but with a few unfortunates along the way, which will never dent our enthusiasim for coming again...WE HAD A FANTASMIC TIME...meeting great people,Illantoye, Murfsmum, Beth, 999Haunts, Pirate Brittany, lots of characters........ Mr PB...,Nadia, Wes, Snowhite, Thomas Kinkade, Marge Champion, the original Snowhite, Linda Mariano, just sooo many this was a really great trip, although we were not dreamed this time again our selves pout pout ..our daughter Jytte-Marie and husband Will were, twice in fact...one for billy's which was great, we went with murfsmum and beth, fun fun and one for fantasmic which was shared with by all of our new wonderful , friends...we had such a great time, sad to see it end..but we will return, didn;t meet up with eric at the photo pass but we will next time...all in all the driving is long, but if planned out well you can have a good drive. despite the traffic and the ding a lings on the road, speed does kill, they often do not realize it til it is to late..have a great day WestWind...take care from your friend the tink-mobile : ) and family : )
Originally Posted By WestWind TM, did you drive all the way without a stay-over along the way? Did you sleep anywhere or drive drive drive? We have always flown to DL, mainly to save time and avoid the 6 of us being cramped up in our car for that long. I remember as a young teenager driving there with my parents doing the driving, but I have not driven there myself. We are thinking of driving next year. It seems it would take almost 24 hours of driving so I figure one or two stays in a hotel along the way (depending what time of day we leave home). This is why I am curious about how you did it.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE The first time we drove down it was at christmas time we left in the morning.. stayed over in grants pass and left at about 8 in the morning and drove straight to disneyland arriving at about 8 pm... The next time we went in 2005 in august we left at 7 pm and i drove thru the night arriving in grants pass at about 8 in the morning , we did have stops along the way, with a sleep break for about two hours...we then took the coast route which was nice but the red woods sure was winding, we arrived at the golden gate bridge which was cool at about 730 pm...just getting dark ..we drove over the san mateo bridge and headed to the I 5 we stayed over at santa nella and drove to disney the next day arriving at about 1 pm... Last year we went at christmas time , just had some short breaks all along the way....but stayed over in santa nella.. We went again in march of this year... we left here from the blaine border at about 2pm....drove to grants pass where i had a lil snooze....then drove to stockton.......met up with shiva and tinkeroon..then drove to disney arriving at about 4pm... I like most of the mountain driving to be done in the day time..depends how far away you are...if we lived 3-5 hours closer, almost ll hours would be done in the day light...it took us the last time without a stop over..26 hours.....we had about 6 hours of stop time including some traffic delays .... Staying at a hotel is nice, the holiday inn in santa nella is wonderful...you get a real nice breakfast....yes depending on when you leave...santa nella is about 5 hours out of disney.. maybe less......we had a few extra days before starting disney so we wanted to be there to enjoy those days this time.. we will probally drive again, but if i can get a good deal on a flight ...we may fly nexttime...for sure when we go in 2009 at christmas we will see what the flying would be.....we spent about 440 in gas for both ways , including a full tank when we got home....so flying for 6 people might cost 3000...including the room...it costs us about 1500 for 12 days...so almost a 50 percent savings, if you add in the food ect for along the way add another 150 so around 1650 compared to 3000....it is good if you have two drivers, we just had one, guess who that was ha ha ha...staying over one night will leave you refreshed, try to have at least 2/3 of your driving in though, makes the last bit shorter, leaving so that you don't hit the santa anna at rush hour is so important...we left our hotel at 630...getting us in disney around 11 am...on one of our trips...hope you have a nice night, talk to you maybe tomorrow....
