Southern California - July 2004

We went down to Southern California for the Mercer Family Fourth of July Reunion. While we were there, we took the opportunity to visit Disneyland, and go to the Getty Museum. It was a jam packed trip, with long days, but lots of fun.

We arrived on Thursday evening, and settled in to the Embassy Suites near Disneyland. Leroy spent most of the small amount of time we spent in the hotel watching t.v. as pictured here. He got hooked on Disney's Home on the Range.

Disneyland started out with a quick walk through Fantasyland, and on into Toontown, one of Leroy's favorite places.

After a short stay in jail, we were off to Frontierland and Adventureland, where we spent most of the rest of our stay.

Leroy had more "issues" on this visit (his second) with some of the characters, but he still LOVED Tarzan's Treehouse.

The next day, we drove up to LAX to pick up Terry, and then met Alice's mother (Sondra) at the Getty Museum.

Leroy fell in love with the expanse of lawn, and spent most of his time there running and rolling down it. The architecture and gardens are stunning.

I didn't take a lot of pictures of the art, because you can see most of it yourself, or online. I highly recommend a trip.

The next day was the Fourth. We started out meeting Alice's sister and her family (Leroy's cousin Sean seen here) at Goofy's Kitchen in Downtown Disney, then we went to the Lego store nearby.

Leroy concentrating on building something at one of the many lego stations in the store.

Next, it was off to Alice's family reunion. Shown here are her cousin Angela, uncle Stan, and father Doug.

The next day we drove home, stopping at Harris Ranch for a tasyy lunch. Leroy liked the lovely fountain outside