Kayaking Elkhorn Slough
Last summer, while we were camping at Lemolo Lake, the boys and I rented a pedal boat for a two hour adventure. The pedaling went much better than I expected, and when I was looking at our photos a month Read more…
Last summer, while we were camping at Lemolo Lake, the boys and I rented a pedal boat for a two hour adventure. The pedaling went much better than I expected, and when I was looking at our photos a month Read more…
After Redwood National Park, we continued south, back towards the Bay Area, for the fifth and final camp spot of our Epic Summer Road Trip. Point Reyes National Seashore is another spot we’d been before, but we’d never had a Read more…
We headed south, and crossed back into California for stop number four on our Epic Summer Road Trip. This was our second visit to Redwood National and State Park as a family, and Noah consistently lists it as his favorite Read more…
Our third stop on our Epic Summer Road Trip was the central Oregon Coast, for a visit with our grandparents. We normally visit once or twice a year, but hadn’t been able to visit since before, well, 2020. This was Read more…
Our second destination on our Epic Summer Road Trip was Crater Lake National Park. We had been to Crater Lake in 2018, during a summer of intense wildfire ativity in California and Oregon (much like this summer, and last summer.) Read more…
This summer we embarked on an Epic Summer Road Trip, traversing two states, four national parks (and seashores), and visiting several new campgrounds. After just one successful camp weekend with our cats, we decided they were definitely ready to tackle Read more…
Two years ago, we adopted two cats from a local shelter, and since that day, Cloud and Solar have been integral members of our family. Spending time with them makes us happy and being away from them is tough. The Read more…
Part Three of our Spring Break Series Our last day in Sequoia National Park turned out nothing like we planned. This spring, we were navigating two kinds of closures. Parts of the park were closed because there was still snow Read more…
Part Two of our Sequoia Spring Break Trip I remember lots of amazing moments hiking with my family. Epic waterfalls in Olympic National Park. The elk we saw in Fern Canyon in Redwood National Park. So many hikes to beaches, Read more…
We set out for Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Park for our Spring Break trip. Just a little too far for a weekend trip, but still an easy day’s drive, these parks were on our Must Visit list for the Read more…