Expo West 2019

Michael and I had a great trip to Anaheim for the Natural Products Expo West trade show.  We flew there on Wednesday, and we arrived early enough to have a date at Disneyland!

We got settled into the hotel and then we went over to Disneyland. We got there at about 2pm. The first thing we did was stop at the candy store on Main Street and buy a peanut butter sandwich bar. That was so good! Then we got a Fast Pass and went on the Indiana Jones ride. We didn’t really need the Fast Pass for anything today because the lines were so short. 

After Indiana Jones we went to the Blue Bayou to check in for our reservation and to request a table close to the water. They got us in very quickly. We weren’t right next to the water but we were very close. We both had the ribeye and it was delicious, of course. 

After lunch, we went over to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad to use our Fast Pass, but yet again it was essentially the same line as the standby line. Next, we went to Pirates of the Caribbean and then the Haunted Mansion. Michael mentioned that we could go on Splash Mountain. I normally hate that ride, but we were already pretty wet from the rain and I knew the kids would love it if I went and we could get a fun picture taken. Thankfully, I didn’t get that wet. The little boys in front of us in our log got soaked though. 

After that we caught the Disneyland Railroad and took that to Tomorrowland. We went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, and I beat Michael! 

Then we went to Star Tours. Next, we walked over to Fantasyland, but there was a parade starting so we had a front row seat to that. 

We didn’t watch the whole thing, and we left to go to Peter Pan. Next, we walked over to Frontierland and went to the Shooting Gallery.  Michael loves that place.  

We stopped by the ice cream parlor on the way out.  We walked back to the hotel and we were grateful it was so close to the entrance.  Thanks for the great date, Michael!

We worked at the booth on Thursday and Friday.  The booth turned out great.  It was a new one this year.  

It was fun to watch the Bob's Red Mill band walk by.

I came home Friday night so that I could go to Robotics with Andrew, and Michael stayed for the show on Saturday and came home Saturday evening.  We are both glad to be home!