Retro Post - Ride the Tide

I first met Jodie's beau Harry when they came down to join us for a day at the San Diego County Fair, themed a watery Ride the Tide to Fun. Besides Jodie, Harry & Sammy there was Mom & Dad Lee, Amy, Mom & Dad, Sandy, Kirt, Karen, Trevor, & Sarah. A whole posse there to have a grand time eating food, riding rides, eating food, petting ameenals, eat food, looking at exhibits, eating food, etc.

SD County Fair Pix

This Week In Bob - Episode IV

On Saturday 06/03/06 I saw X-Men: The Last Stand (IMDb) with Sandy, Amy, and Dad. It was good. I didn't like it as much as the first two, there was just something lacking in the story and too many inconsistencies between certain scenes that bugged me, but over all I enjoyed it. I was happy to have seen it on the Big Screen and would pay to see it again. It's like those certain comic issues where not much happens to move along the plot, but there sure is a lot of action.

I would love for them to continue the series, but I doubt they will. Maybe we'll get a "New Mutants" type thing with Ice Man, Kitty, Colossus and the other "kids" from the school. And of course there's much buzz about a Wolverine movie. I sure hope it becomes a reality. I've always liked the Wolverine character and I think Hugh does a fantastic job at it.

Disneyland was the destination for Sunday 06/04/06. Mom, Dad, Amy, Sandy and I went up to the Happiest Place on Earth so the first three could be Born in the Park.

The New Borns completed all In Park Quests (with some help, hehe) and Sandy and I completed the High School Musical Quest. We got to ride many of the rides as it wasn't too busy. We tried to make up poses for the pictures. Here we are doing Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and See No Evil on Space Mountain.

Another fun thing to do at Disneyland is posing with the characters. Here's a shot of myself with one of the rarely seen Face Characters, the Evil Queen from Snow White.

Early in the evening our party was joined by my Riversidian friends Shane and Kellie (yes, I know Kellie doesn't actually live in Riverside - HA). And we all got our picture taken with the Mouse Himself.

Not much else happened the rest of the week. Sandy and I had dinner at her parent's house on Wednesday. I played a ton of VMK throughout the week and on Friday I won a Space Mountain Guest Room in one of the Arcade Games. I was very happy about that. I was also a trading maniac and got lots of nifty stuff that way. I'm thrilled to see that the Newsletter is showing pictures of a Pirate Piano (Organ?) and Jack Sparrow costume. Oh, I can't wait! You can't either? Check out Disney's Pirates page.

I really need to make the time to do this on Mondays or Tuesdays, instead of telling about the previous weekend three or four days later on Thursday or Friday. Heh. This up coming Sunday the plan is to hit the San Diego County Fair which opens this weekend. Mmm Yummy food! HA! Until then, thanks for tuning in, and I'll catch ya next time. Happy Journeys!

San Diego County Fair

Amy, Sandy, & I went to the San Diego County Fair. My favorite thing to do at the fair is to eat. And, Boy-Howdy! Did we eat! I had Australian Battered Potatoes w/Cheese & Ranch Dressing, Garlic Butter and Parmesan Cheese Indian Fry Bread, four Teriyaki Chicken Sticks, a Deep Fried Twinkie, an Italian Sausage Sandwich, Mini-Donuts, and an assortment of free samples. Oh, I shared a bit with Amy & Sandy, but I ate most of it. YUM! :D

We looked around the various vendors, rode a couple of rides (including the Mouse Trap - see picture), and played a few of the boardwalk games where I won a silly "Large" stuffed-animal lizard after beating Amy at a race - Ha! Ha! Sandy got her first "100" while playing SkiBall and won a couple of smaller stuffed-animals. We toured the Gem & Mineral Exhibit where I discovered a like/facination for the mineral Wulfenite. The cheapest selling specimen they had there was ~$150, too much for my blood. Sandy later found the mineral selling on eBay at much cheaper prices, so I'll be able to add a piece to my meager rock collection.

The finale came when I was hypnotized by Mark Yuzuik. This is actually the fourth time I've been in his show, dating back to 1991 at Magic Mountain. I'm such a ham too. Hee hee. It's fun. Among other things I was a World Class Air Guitarist, World Class Booty Shaker, and he "programmed" me to propose to Sandy, though "woke me up" before I actually went through with it. HA! Needless to say, Sandy & Amy really enjoyed the show too.