Pacific Park on Santa Monica Pier

On the Pacific Wheel

Rating: You Should Go

Pacific Park is the amusement park located on Santa Monica Pier. It is free to get into, but you need "tickets" (really a card with money loaded onto it) for all the rides. We were on our way to Malibu for a friend's birthday, so we decided to stop by here for just a couple hours.

Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, ID

Awesome Roller Coasters

Rating: You Should Go

Silverwood Theme Park is located just north of Coeur d'Alene in Idaho.  It is reminiscent of Knott's Berry Farm in California, except that the rides are more fun to ride.  (Personally, I think the rides at Knott's are painful because they

Sea World in San Diego, CA

Rating: You Should Go

For our 2nd anniversary, I thought it would be fun to fulfill a lifelong dream of mine...to touch a penguin.  I knew Sea World offered special tours that would allow this dream to become a reality, so I bought our tickets online and away we went.

Sea World San Diego is an interesting combination of things (although maybe all Sea Worlds are the same, I