The skies looked threatening. My sister-in-law and I kept looking at each thinking “Should we go?” “Should we stay home?” I’m not one to call it until its raining cats and dogs, so with just a possibility of rain, we packed our kids into two cars (would have been so much more fun had we…
Imagine yourself out at sea on a small boat. Suddenly dark clouds gather on the horizon and the wind starts to whip your hair around your face. Moving too fast, the storm envelopes you and suddenly you aren’t sure which way is the shore. Then, a beam of light from the nearby lighthouse cuts through…
While we were camped at New Brighton State Beach outside of Santa Cruz, California we took a little evening trip to see the tide pools at Natural Bridges State Beach. This was one of those occasions where everything went wrong only to turn out splendidly wonderful in the end. When We Visited: March 2014 Ages…
We don’t general consider traveling around in an Airstream to be “camping”. Camping involves a tent, a backpack (preferably), lots of open space, yummy food, a campfire, snuggling in a sleeping bag, and waking up to the sound of the birds chirping, and sunlight streaming through the slightly open, zipped up window. It also involves…
This National Monument was quite a fun surprise! Comprised of various activities, the National Park can definitely take all day to explore. When We Visited: February 25, 2014 Where We Stayed: Mission Bay RV Resort Ages of Kids: 8, 7, 3 Earn a Jr. Range Badge We definitely pick up our books first thing at…
What a gorgeous place! I would love to hike the Muir Trail!
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