Trips for California

When we finally got to I-405, it was already about 4 pm in the afternoon, and the traffic had already started building up. To save time, we decided to go directly to Venice Beach and checked in at our hotel later. The freeway traffic was so …

Today, we flew to San Diego to start our 4 days/3 nights mini vacation before Christmas. Because we were traveling during the holiday season, we decided to leave early in anticipation of a big crowd. In deed, the security line at SJC overflowed …

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Picking up Diana at the San Jose airport. This is minutes after she got off the plane... This is where we had dinner. A great restaurant in Los Gatos on Santa Cruz Ave. Didn't research or read any reviews, just went and picked out something …

Quote of the day: "Patty... I love you, but it's past lunch time." -Joab A good first day, although we barely fed the children (or ourselves). Left the house around 8:30am. It felt weirdly normal. We decided to take the scenic route out of …

We flew to San Francisco and checked in at Nob Hill Motor Hotel, which is in a good location in San Francisco and affordable price; a couple blocks from Fisherman's Wharf. The old couple were very nice and gave us some good tips on where we …

Here I am standing in front of the Penguins at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. During my day we saw plenty of mysterious looking fish, sea kelp, jellyfish, and my favorite was the sea otters. I wish I would of gotten a picture of them getting fed …

We've heard about the Danish town in California for a while, but never bothered looking it up. When planning this trip we finally did. The name is Solvang, and what do you know it's one of the places Jack and Miles visited in the movie "sideways …

Sun 08/02/09 (day 1) - Seattle Arrived at Seattle Tacoma Airport . Taxi to Seattle Crowne Plaza Hotel . Very nice place just right for 2 day stay. Breakfast in the " almost classy" Lowells overlooking the Bay. Seattle Space Needle. Brilliant …

...We checked out of the Homewood Suites Wednesday morning and loaded up the car. We would be doing a 270-mile drive to begin the next leg of our vacation in Durango, Colorado. Our itinerary called for a stop in the town of Chimayo, New Mexico …