Hollywood

May

The big trip this year was to Hollywood California.  We took an airplane to Ontario, rented cars and headed to hollywood.  The girls got to go through Ripley's Believe it or Not then have lunch at Mel's Diner.  We got to see the stars on the walk of fame and checked out Graumans Chinese Theater where they got to look at hand and feet prints from various stars.  Next they headed to the world famous Madame Trousseau's wax museum.  The museum has tons of wax figures the girls were able to pose with. They all had fun posing and acting silly.  Not enough fun we headed to the beach for a couple of hours of playing in the surf and making sand castles.  Not quite exhausted we headed back to the hotel for some pizza and much needed sleep. 

Up early the next day we headed to Universal Studios.  We got to see the Terminator Show in 3d which was amazing.  We headed over to the animal show where they got to see a couple of the Universal Studios animal actors and how they are trained.  After eating lunch we got to ride the tram into the backlot where they got to see Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives, the block from The End of the World with Tom Cruise.  A few of us think we spotted Steven Speilberg working on a new project.  We got to see the new King Kong 3d set which was amazing.  They got to see Jaws up close and personal.  They also got to see various "towns" Universal uses for filming including mexico and new york.  They got to see where the Grinch was filmed as well as the Psycho Motel with Bates to wave them by.  After the tram ride they decided to go on the rides, Jurassic Park, Simpsons and the Mummy before eating dinner.  Then we hit another show-Water World before heading back to hotel.  They helped close the park!

After falling to sleep happy but exhausted we got up early to pack and have a small party to celebrate Angela's  Birthday.  Then we headed to Knotsberry Farms where they got to ride some serious rides!  After a quick lunch and a few more rides we had to leave early and head to the airport.  After turning in the cars and having dinner we boarded our plane and headed back to Arizona.