We had a vacation planned and (mostly) paid for many months before the troubles at my employer began.  So although there are some uncertainties in our future, we decided to continue with the vacation.  Since the vacation was to Anaheim it was an easy decision to cut a couple days off the trip.  So we have a 5 day vacation with day trips to Knott’s Berry Farm, LegoLand, Disneyland, and California Disney.  It was about a 3 hour drive to the hotel.  Lucy enjoyed the car ride.

We started off our week with a day at Knott’s.  Toby and Max have been studying the Gold Rush times (North Calif, Yukon, South Calif) and so we spent a couple of hours at the Knott’s ghost town.  We talked to a blacksmith, a sheriff, a weaver and other characters from the Old West.  After about an hour and a half of the Ghost Town, Lucy was ready for some rides.  She is quite the daredevil while Max is a bit more cautious.  Lucy had a great attitude about being too small for some of the more exciting rides.  She measures out at 40 1/2 inches tall (with shoes on).

Lucy’s namesake ride.

After closing out the park at 7 pm, we headed over to Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Restaurant for dinner.  This is a special place for Toby as her family enjoyed many happy dinners here when she was growing up.  She and I split some awesome Chicken and Dumplings and fantastic cherry pie.