These days summer vacations seem to always involve a roadtrip in the minivan with Chuck. We like to think that Chuck enjoys these trips, but aren’t really sure because the moment we park the car, he busts out of the door like his life depends…
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Oregon and Washington Coast: A Roadtrip With Kids
Read moreIn an effort to escape the extreme heat of Sacramento, we caught a Southwest Airlines flight to Portland, Oregon to commence an (albeit brief) roadtrip with the kids up the coast to Ocean Shores, Washington. Because Chuck does not fit in our carryon, we had…
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Iceland: A Danish “Kit-Kat”
Read morecontinued from: Bring Your Own Bun (B.Y.O.B.) and You’ve Been Dusted… On Easter Sunday we had an 11AM Ice Cave Tour scheduled from the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon car park, so we once again set off early to squeeze in a visit at Diamond Beach. The…
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Iceland: You’ve Been Dusted
Read more….continued from Bring Your Own Bun (B.Y.O.B.) We awoke early on Thursday morning to drive to our 12PM Snow Mobile Tour on Langjökull Glacier. En route we took a quick (unplanned) stop at the Kerið crater. There was a nominal charge for entry, we think,…
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Iceland: Bring Your Own Bun (B.Y.O.B.)
Read moreWith the threat of quarantining in a foreign country behind us, we decided that this was the year to dust of our passports and travel abroad. Fortunately, we had plenty of time (inside) to research a possible destination due to the unexpected “Atmospheric River” and…
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Roadtrip to Texas: and the High Desert Emergency Room
Read moreChuck, our English Cream Golden Retriever, joined our family in early 2022. By summer of that year, Chuck was still a lot of work, way too much to pass off on some poor, unsuspecting family member, so we decided that the best thing to do…
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Four Action Packed Days on the Jersey Shore
Read moreIn September of 2020, we took our final flight of the year on Southwest Airlines to Baltimore. Don’t get me started on how poor the baggage claim and rental car experience is there! Our plan was to meet up with my dad, and his extended…
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On The Road From Nashville to Pigeon Forge
Read moreIn August of 2020, defying all the health department recommendations, we got back on a Southwest 737 and made our way to Nashville. We figured that Tennessee would provide a much needed respite from California. The trip there was flawless. Our flights were on time,…
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A Drive Down the Coast From Orlando To Key West
Read moreI probably shouldn’t admit this publicly, but 2020 was actually an excellent year to travel. In our family, we like to refer to that year as our unintentional “Tour of Covid Hot Spots”. Each location that we decided to travel to, simultaneously grabbed the headlines…