Ventura Beach/Harbor CA with The Family

Breakfast at the famous Cici's.  Waited an hour in line but it was well worth the wait.  

Seamus missed his birthday beach visit because of weather on his actual birthday.  A visit to this beach was a perfect way to spend his belated beach birthday.  

Marlon and Seamus are heading to the beach.

 These dogs were in the back of a truck, enjoying the scenery.

 Love this man of mine :-)

 Waves come up on the beach making a neat design on the sands.

Rocks leading out to the ocean with a view of a sailboat in the distance.

 A birdie on the rocks looking for a fish to eat.

 Scared this bird and it took off across the ocean.

 Enjoyed watching these birds chase the water to the ocean, when the ocean came back at them they ran back to the sand.  So funny watching them.

We started off with lots of sunshine, within an hour the fog came in and you couldn't even see the ocean, also the winds picked up and was blowing.  Time to pack up, oh the temp dropped also.

 As the fog got heavier the birds came into the shore lines.

 Can bearly see the homes on the mountains and can't see the mountains at all from the heavy fog.

 Packed up and headed across the road to Ventura Harbor for some shopping and a visit to the harbor.

 Walked by this beautiful line of flowering bushes and it had allot of birds hiding inside.  Spotted this one sitting on a branch, the rest of his buddies stayed in the bushes.

 Nice visit to our favorite coffee shop at this village.

 Marlon, Audy, and Seamus walking the beach.  Loves spending time with her making memories.

 Seamus enjoying some beach time.  Happy belated birthday!!!

Dinner was at a fabulous Thai restaurant.  Loved the coconut soup in the flaming bowl.

First Visit to Epcot at Disney

Started our journey to Epcot early this morning.  Stopped at Wawa gas station for some gas and a breakfast sandwich before we hit the road to Epcot in Disney.  As soon as we arrived we went on a search to get our new passes.  Got our season passes and started our adventure of this beautiful place.  Epcot is known for the big ball in the background.  Spaceship Earth, a geodesic sphere that also serves as an attraction.

Me with Disney pass in my hand and ready to set out on our adventure for the day.

 Epcot has a huge Flower and Garden show going on.  Lots of Disney topiaries and flowers. 

The first thing that caught my eye was the monorail system that went whizzing by. Never got to ride it but next visit I will.

Many topiaries designed into Disney characters.

 Enjoyed this show about science inventions.

Free coke slushie for our first visit to Epcot and a first visitor badge :-)

Spotted the butterfly garden.  I love butterflies so away we went to see the array of butterflies.  I thought there would be more than what I saw but still found about 4 varieties and a couple willy worms that will be butterflies some day. 

 

 So many different Mickey Ears to choose from.

Mexico: This pavilion is completely inside of a Mayan pyramid and looks like a nighttime scene in a Mexican marketplace. It takes many of its inspirations from the Blue Bayou in Disneyland, including the boat ride that goes through the pavilion. This ride, now themed to Disney's Three Caballeros, shows the sights and sounds of Mexico. More recently, they have built a tequila bar and a new restaurant on the waterfront solidifying the popularity of alcoholic beverages in World Showcase.

Journey Into Imagination ride

 Japan: Japan was one of the first pavilions in mind for World Showcase (because Tokyo Disneyland was also under construction). They originally were going to build a clone of "Meet the World" which is found at the Tokyo park but were concerned about the potential controversy because "Meet the World" did not mention World War II. This pavilion also holds one of the most unique performers in all of the Disney Parks: Miyuki who is the only female rice candy artist in the world. She creates "Japanese lollypops" in the shape of the guest's favorite animal.

China: This pavilion has the 360 movie Reflections of China which showcases the beauty and breadth of China. It replaced the 20-year-old movie "Wonders of China," which was one of the first American movies allowed to film inside of China, especially the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.

 Music in the pavilion,  great band.

 Last ride of the night -Spaceship Earth Ride: Located in the park's iconic geodesic sphere (no, it's not a giant golf ball), this attraction has had the same theme since its opening: communication. Spaceship Earth was one of the first attractions to portray future technologies, such as Skype and Google hangouts.