After an evening of settling at Silver Gate Marina, we rented a car and took a road trip to Legoland. Ryan and Wesley have continued enjoying their passion of creating incredible models of legos. In fact, since our last crewmember Bill has departed, Ryan and Wesley have converted his cabin into their own "personal" Legoland. Whenever possible, they spend hours making innovative creations. With the real Legoland just forty miles north of us, we could not resist the opportunity to visit.

The first Legoland was built in Denmark in 1968, the native country where the master, Ole Kirk Christiansen, first designed and produced the toy. The Legoland in Calabasas was built in 1999, and we figured the first time we came as a family was probably in 2000. Every time we have visited, we ALL have had a marvelous time.

The models throughout the park are incredible. The photo above is from an area representing a cross-section of America. We could not resist standing by the lego masterpiece representing the Santa Barbara mission. In a sense, it was our closest encounter yet to Ventura.