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Santa Cruz Island
This post contains affiliate links. 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…
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Where We’ve Been
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. ? Really though, I’m…
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Natural Bridges State Beach (Santa Cruz)
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…
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The Thief of Joy
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. ? For me personally, when I read about families traveling or living abroad, I have to…
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Disney Wonder Cruise to Alaska
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. 😦 No traveling for me! Traveling with two kids (under 2) was also a big unknown, so I satisfied my wanderlust by booking…
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10 California Hotels to Daydream About
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…
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Wilder Ranch State Park
I was itching for some adventures in nature today, so the kids and I set our GPS to Natural Bridge State Beach (or so we thought) and an hour later found ourselves pulling into the Wilder Ranch State Park parking lot. A beach is a beach right? No problem. We paid the $10 parking and…
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Wilder Ranch State Park Spoiler
No real post today, simply because I just wasn’t feeling inspired. The kids and I did dash over to the beach for the afternoon and the inspiration is back! So be excited about tomorrow!
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46th Annual Stanford Powwow
This weekend we had 3 festivals to choose from: The Hungarian Heritage Festival in Belmont, one of the summer Facebook festivals, and the Stanford Powwow. Honestly we just couldn’t decide so we turned the decision over to our 3 year old daughter. She took it very seriously and ultimately we headed to the Stanford Powow.…
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The Ultimate Beach Packing List for Babies and Toddlers
This post may contain affiliate links. It’s May and that means fun in the sun and the surf! I love a day (or even a couple hours) at the beach and with the beach only half an hour away, I’m assembling a kit to keep in the trunk of the car. Here’s what I’m…
Magnets From Everywhere
Dreaming, planning, inspiring family travel. Starting here, starting now.
Magnets From Everywhere 