I have had quite a bit of experience with snakes and we had been kinda pushing it along and it was pretty much ignoring us.  I have seen gophers before that coil and strike if you try to mess with them, and this one didn’t really seem to care that we were there.  So I decided I would grab it, I actually expected it to put up a little fight when I lifted it up, but it really didn’t struggle.  We put it in the box and then when we were trying to close it up, it almost got out but we were able to get it back in.  I put it in the back of the Mazda and threw a blanket on top of it.  The couple made sure I would be okay and I assured them that it would be okay and with the blanket on the box I didn’t think it would get out.

On my way up to let it go, I thought I would run by the house and grab Dylan to go with me because I knew he would think it was really neat.  So, I grabbed him out of bed and we drove up behind the house to find a good place to let the snake go.  Dylan was very excited but also worried.  When I told him it was a Gopher snake he though I said Cobra and I had to explain to him what kind of snake it was and that it wouldn’t bite him.  He was very excited to see it in the box, but when it started to come out of the box, he lost a little bit of his braveness and kinda stood behind my leg.  He really thought it was exciting though and followed it for a while until it turned and started coming toward him and then he thought for sure it was going to bite him.  We couldn’t keep it headed out into the field so I figured the best thing to do would be to pick it up and take it out as far as I could and let it go.  I gave Dylan the video camera because he wanted to take pictures of it and I took it out about as far as I could and let it go.  As soon as I did, it turned and came back toward me and I thought for sure it was headed for the street again, but it turned and followed another path away from the street so I think it should be safe now.  I ran and got Dylan so that he could see it disappear and say goodbye but we couldn’t find it once we got out there.  I really hope that it stays out of the street and has a long life out there.

The first ride Dylan wanted to go to was Buzz Lightyear so we headed there first. When we got in to get on the ride Dylan got a little scared, I don’t think he really remembered everything from last time.  It took him most of that first ride to really get the idea of the whole thing again, but as soon as it was over, he was ready to go on it again.  Aubri wasn’t sure about the ride, and she really didn’t seem like she liked any of the rides the whole time we were there. The only ride she seemed like she really wanted to go on was Dumbo and that was only after Dylan and Grams got on the ride and she was left standing on the sidelines because we figured she wouldn’t go on it.  We had a lot of fun, but it is amazing how few rides you actually get to do when you are there with young kids and you have to go on their time and deal with multiple potty and snack breaks.  Dylan did go on the roller coaster in Toon Town again and he really enjoyed that. I tried to get him to go on Thunder Mountain Railroad with me, but he didn’t seem so sure about that. Maybe next time I can convince him to go on it with me. One of the highlights we found by accident was getting to ride in the very front car of the monorail in with the driver. You get a great view of the whole park looking out of the front window, and it was really neat at night to be able to get to see all the lights from the park as well as all the lights from the hotels. Both the kids really enjoyed this part of day.

We have realized that Dylan is much more of a daredevil than we used to think.  He doesn’t really seem to let heights or speed bother him.  When Mike took Dylan on the Jellyfish ride, he was much more nervous to go up high then Dylan was on the ride.  Mike kept a tight grip on Dylan even though was hooked in, and he checked his seat belt several times before the ride started.  Probably everyone’s favorite ride was Toy Story.  It is a great ride and it is really interactive.  We just had a hard time getting either of the kids to keep on their 3D glasses so they could get the full effect of the ride.  They also had both of the parks all decorated for Halloween and it was really neat to see all of the pumpkins and Halloween related decorations all over. Since we all have season passes now, we are already planning a trip to head back around Christmas time so we can see the park all decorated for Christmas.  Click here for more Disneyland Pics.