Well this past weekend (Sat Aug. 23rd) was Games Day 2008 in Los Angelas. My family and I made trek out to California. My son and I were going to be working Games Day on Saturday, and on Sunday we were visiting Disneyland.
We left for California early Friday morning and arrived in LA around 11 AM. I drove by the Ontario Convention Center just to refresh my memory on its location and to see if I can register early. Registration was not ready yet, so we would have to do that the next morning.
We then had an early lunch and headed for the Disneyland Hotel. We arrived at 1 PM and they were nice enough to let us register early. We brought the bags upstairs, unpacked the swimsuits and hit the pool.
Later that evening we went to Portillo’s for dinner ( a must for dinner since we used to always go there in Chicago, California now has 2 locations). We got back to the room pretty early and I hit the bed.
Saturday 6:30 AM, Tim K swung by the hotel and picked my son and I up and we headed out to Ontario. We arrived there around 7:15 AM and checked in. Received our t-shirts, lunch money and vouchers.
Tim and I were working the Registered LotR Tables all day, and my son was working the Bag Check area.
We received 2-15 min breaks and 1-30 min lunch. I did most of my shopping during my first break, and near the end of the show picked up some great deals on items that they clearanced.
Games Day ended around 6 PM and now it was time for the hard work. We broke down the entire hall within a hour and a half. My feet were really killing me that day, and I knew Sunday would be just as painful.
Sunday was Disneyland, what can I say woke up early and spent the entire day at the park, and yes my feet were sore. I had to go back to the hotel room and I threw on my flip-flops in the afternoon. They felt much better.
Monday morning we headed back to Phoenix and arrived home around 5 PM.
It was a fun and long weekend.
Now onto the Vegas GT in two weeks.
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