Episode 2: Blue Dolphins and Berry Farms

When you're a school child in California, 4th grade is the year you learn all about the history of this great state. For some of us, that meant reading Island of the Blue Dolphins and making models of missions out of flour, salt, and water. For others, it meant a trip to one of Orange County's top 3 theme parks for none of the possible fun and all of the mandatory education!
Also, the important distinction between the Knott's Calico Mine Train, the Disneyland Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland, and the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad that replaced the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland.
Links:
This is a tasty burger - 10 Hour Loop
Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center
SparkNotes: Island of the Blue Dolphins: Plot Overview
Independence Hall at Knott's Berry Farm
U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan begins - October 8th, 2001 — It was actually the day *before* we went to Knott's Scary Farm that the Afghanistan invasion had begun.
Is Elvira a vampire?
Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant | Knott's Berry Farm — Every complete chicken dinner includes handmade biscuits, side salad, choice of cabbage or cherry rhubarb, three pieces of fried chicken and mashed potatoes smothered with gravy.
Calico Mine Train Ride Through — This is the *updated* version!
Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland — The ride Katie's grandma expected.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Disneyland — The ride Katie's grandma got.
Log Ride Video — They call it "Timber Mountain" now. I think that's new.
California 4th Grade Social Studies Standards — 4.2 Students describe the social, political, cultural and economic life and interactions among people of California from the preColumbian societies to the Spanish mission and Mexican rancho periods