We made two stops in Pismo Beach this weekend and both were fantastic! I’ve definitely added a full weekend in Pismo Beach to my list of trips I want to take. That list just keeps growing. đ Sunset over Pismo Beach Our first stop was Friday night in Spyglass Park. We had been booking it… Read More Stop In: Pismo Beach
We have been listening to a podcast about California history, and Mission San Miguel came highly recommended. So we were excited to make this our 4th Mission visit on our quest to see all 21 California Missions. K was sleeping when we arrived, so we made this a mother-daughter visit while Chris stayed in the car with him.… Read More California Missions: Mission San Miguel
When we were talking about pro/cons before moving to California, traffic was #1 on the con list. We decided to come out here, on the condition that we would not participate in the Bay Area traffic. We have now been here 3 months and I can safely say that we are not! So how are we… Read More How We Avoid Bay Area Traffic
We continued our quest to visit all 21 California Missions this weekend and crossed 3 off our list! The first one was Mission Santa Barbara where the I Madonnari XXXI Anniversario festival was taking place. Mission Santa Barbara is the “Queen of the Missions” and its easy to see why as you drive up. The… Read More Mission Santa Barbara
We are back from a great long weekend in the Santa Barbara area and our trip to the Channel Island, Santa Cruz Island, was a definite highlight. You can check out my earlier post to see why we chose Santa Cruz Island, but primarily it was the shortest boat ride! We started the morning running late… Read More Santa Cruz Island
The other day I wrote about examining my motivations for traveling and finding contentment amidst all the people on the internet who are doing more then me. As I wrote that I was also compiling a list of all the places we’ve been, so other people can compare themselves to me. đ Really though, I’m… Read More Where We’ve Been
Last week we tried to visit this beach but ended up at Wilder Ranch instead, so this week I double checked the GPS and made sure we made it to Natural Bridges State Beach. We arrived mid-afternoon on a Tuesday and there was plenty of street parking, spots in the 20 minute free lot, and… Read More Natural Bridges State Beach (Santa Cruz)
Travel is a very relative thing. Relative to our friends and family we travel a lot, and the children have especially been on a lot of flights and road trips. Relative to the travel bloggers I follow, we’ve basically never left our house. đ For me personally, when I read about families traveling or living abroad, I have to… Read More The Thief of Joy
When I was pregnant with my son I was seized with an intense desire to travel, but I had developed very low blood pressure and was passing out on a regular basis. đ No traveling for me! Traveling with two kids (under 2) was also a big unknown, so I satisfied my wanderlust by booking… Read More Disney Wonder Cruise to Alaska
Now that we’re on the other side of the country from our parents and favorite babysitters, we’re regretting that we didn’t utilize them more for weekends away! We did spend our 5th anniversary in St. Lucia and we came here for our house hunting trip, but other then that we just did the occasional evening… Read More 10 California Hotels to Daydream About
