Day one of our 10 day holiday to Disneyland started early. We had planned to leave at 4:00a as we find it's easier with the kids and we came pretty close leaving at 4:30a. The border was a breeze and we were through by 5:00a. We're traveling with Kerry's parents, their three dogs, our dog, our kids and Uncle Ronnie is meeting us there. Since we're taking two cars Reg bought a pair of short range radios. They worked great to start but somewhere in Oregon we had to stop so Carter could go pee and Barb decided it was time to hit Starbucks. We pulled into a gas station and Kerry decided to get gas at the same time. Reg followed us but there wasn't room to park so he headed back out to the freeway. It didn't take long for them to be out of range and without a good 'reconnect' plan we quickly lost them. We wandered a bit but then made the decision do get back on the road and hope to find them at hotel.
It wasn't a great time to be separated because when we stopped for lunch Carter and I stayed in the car with the A/C running. When Kerry came out she saw a lot of fluid coming out the bottom of the car and we weren't sure if it was condensation or coolant. We nervously stopped every 15 minutes for the remainder of the trip. We finally made it the hotel where Callie's impression of the hotel was "I DO NOT like this place!". It had a roof and a pool. All you need when you're just staying the night. It also had a lot of colorful residents who appeared to live there including the couple in their 50's who set up a George Forman grill outside their room and included some solar lights in Budweiser cans for ambience. They had a bit of a party out of the back of their muscle car. We had a quick dip in the pool, some KFC for dinner and tried to get a good nights sleep so we could leave early the next day.
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