Traveling on Thanksgiving Day.

We were/are one of those crazy people that decided to travel on a holiday. Amazingly enough it was actually cheaper to travel on the actual holiday then the day before!

We had a flight at 10AM from White Plains NY connecting into Dulles in VA to Las Angels, CA.

I had never had a flight out of this airport before but it was an experience. The airport was small to say the least. We left to give ourselves 2 hours like you would normally but we got thru security to quickly, we were sitting at the gate which was a few feet from security! So now we had to sit for 2 hours waiting for the flight! lol.. we know better in the future.

The plane we took was so small its had propellers! You could feel the vibrations on your feet, it was the scariest flight I ever took. Now Im ok with flying, I just dont like take off, landing or turbulence. And this plane was rough for all of those parts! LOL.

The connection plane was a bit normal and besides a little turbulence we arrive early in LAX at 2:30 in the afternoon where we were picked up and drove down to San Diego. We didnt connect to San Diego because the flight prices were a little high.

The time difference was a little rough on us, waking up at 6:30 on the east coast and traveling to the west coast, we were so tired we went to be at 9pm PST! lol.

The air is drier here and the weather is nicer then in NY this time of year. Keep posted as I will post places we visit during our stay of course.

San Diego CA

OK Ive been quiet lately. Have not been anywhere since August where we spent a few days in the blistering heat of Florida!

For Thanksgiving we planned San Diego, CA. How did that happen?

Well the spouses job was supposed to be 'closed' for that week. They were supposed to conserve money by closing. This was planned early in the summer and they placed a bunch of silly rules just in case. One of them was basically your out of luck if they decide to open and you planned a trip and it was not your 'vacation' week. They also put a little saying - they can choose to be open for clean up or something like that.

When the spouse mentioned this to me I said lets to to visit my brother in San Diego! Honestly I am tired of having to trek to the families in laws during the holidays. Lets be honest - we are a family of 5 and have the youngest kids. My nephews in the area are both over 19 so they are not kids anymore. When I first got together with the in laws the holidays were celebrated at their home every year. It didnt bother me since the whole family was in the same area. Its been 10 years, both parents have passed away, the kids are older and no one 'has money' so no one gets gifts anymore except the kids. Who has the kids? Me! So every holiday we have to take the normally 1 hour ride that becomes 3 hours during the holiday to spend it with the family.

So we planned San Diego to get away and not have to deal with the family gatherings. We are flying out on Thanksgiving day! Call me crazy it was the best price for flights and flying into Las Angeles were my brother will pick us up and drive back to San Diego. We are staying a week with him and he is cooking for us! We are in trouble. lol.

We planned 2 days in Disneyland, and its our first time so it should be fun.

I cant wait to get outta here!