When we sold our house and stuff to travel for a year, we went to Europe. It’s the place we know best after the United States. Then we went back and spent another three months exploring the UK and continental Europe. We’ve even made plans for another two months in winter 2019-20. Suffice to say, we love Europe and it’s so easy to travel there.
Since we spend a month at a time in each location, we get the chance to know our destinations pretty well. We’d love to help you plan your trip.
Welcome to Palatki Palatki With our auras read, it was time to hit the trail. We started with a short walk at Palatki Heritage Site. Palatki and its sister site, Honanki were the largest cliff dwellings of the Red Rock country between A.D.1150 – 1300. They were first described by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, famous …
My airport bed. It took awhile to get to Sedona, Ariz. (via Denver in February), but it was worth the tribulations. After a delayed flight out of Bozeman, a night spent in the Denver airport and no luggage in Phoenix, I made the final shuttle to Sedona. My good friend and college roommate, Jen, was …
Devils Tower National Monument was stop number two, and our first overnight. We couldn’t have picked a better place. Devils Tower is great for kids and families because… (in no particular order, except the order I took the photos) 1. The Tower is cool. It’s a big igneous intrusion in the beautiful Black Hills. You …
I don’t know what day it was, but the boys and I, along with my dad, Karen and Scott, made a visit to the Channel Islands National Park visitor center at Ventura Harbor. There is a beautiful native garden, tidepool tank, big relief maps of all the islands and an observation tower from which you …
And the vacation kept going and going… We went swimming at the pool at my mom’s condo. Not so much me since it was FREEZING, but the boys didn’t seem to notice. And we went to Underwood Family Farm, which my mom qualified as half Disneyland, half farm. We played on the equipment, pet animals …
On our first full day at my mom’s, we went for a hike in Wildwood Park. My brother and I have memories of an epic water balloon battle in a fort that used to be at the trailhead. I told the boys all about the fort, only to find it was torn down. It was …
After leaving Escondido we drove up to the South Coast Botanic Garden on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. I had been hoping to catch up with some fellow bloggers and when they invited me to meet them here, I couldn’t resist. I’ve made a few friends online, but this is the first time I’ve met any …
On day four of our California odyssey, the boys and I explored Queen Califia’s Magical Circle Garden. I first read about this place in Sunset a couple years ago and knew the next time I was in Escondido I had to visit. And since it had the word “magical” in the name, I knew Anders …
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It’s been almost a month since my last confession… I mean, blog post. It’s not that I haven’t been doing anything worth posting about, rather, I’ve been doing a lot and not had time to post. Fortunately, Finn woke me up at 4:30 this morning and I can’t fall back asleep. During the last two …
Stepping down the wooden staircase a draft of cool air hits ones face with a refreshing rush. Above ground, Istanbul may be hot and heavy or cold and rainy, but dropping into the Basilica Cistern is like entering the womb. Its not too hot or too cold, the dim light calms and the swishing sound …
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