Tag: USA
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Shaver Lake: A Weekend Adventure
Wow! What a great weekend we just had! But also, looking back, what a stressful weekend we just had! The plan was to make the 4 hour drive to Shaver Lake and camp for the weekend at Dorabelle Campground. All of that happened, but it was a bit of a bumpy ride! The Journey We…
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Stop In: Pismo Beach
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. ? Sunset over Pismo Beach Our first stop was Friday night in Spyglass Park. We had been booking it…
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Mission Santa Barbara
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…
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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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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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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.…
Magnets From Everywhere 