So what do you do for Thanksgiving Dinner when you are on the road? We weren’t sure either…and clearly underestimated how much of a stand-still the United States comes to on this holiday. We arrived in Roseville around 8pm, and proceeded to look for dinner first before checking into our hotel. Thank goodness we did or we may have starved to death. Literally. NOTHING WAS OPEN! Seriously….dark lights everywhere…no cars to be seen. Until… CARROWS! We really lucked out here…
The boys were in love. We made a habit of googling fun and kid friendly things to do each night in the hotel, in preparation of our next day travels. It’s really a handy little tool to be honest, and it helped us find a lot of great things to do with the kids. We really did spend a good portion of our holiday in the vehicle, so we tried to maximize on as much outside time as possible. On…
Well – somewhere along the way I got my photos and dates mixed up….I posted that we had a beach day in Monterey – and we didn’t…it was here in Santa Cruz! LOL So here’s the link to that post – it really was an awesome day. But one of the things I really loved was the Boardwalk behind us. Everything was closed of course (too cold…not summer) but it was so neat to see..It reminded me of the fairs/amusement…
After we bid farewell to the fabulous Dennis the Menace Playground we made our way to Marina. Our initial plan was to head to Santa Cruz but a booking issue landed our hotel in Marina. It wasn’t too far away so we decided to embrace it and take it as the way things were meant to go. We stayed one night at the Marina Ramada Hotel that we booked through Hotwire. The hotel was nice and clean and provided a…
Have I mentioned already that California knows how to do parks? Well this just confirmed my already high opinion… I don’t know about you, but I grew up watching Dennis the Menace. Finding humour in the pesky stunts he pulled to annoy his neighbour Mr. Wilson. Now that I’m a parent (of a 3 1/2 year old boy no less) I can’t say I’d find it quite as humorous. Buuuut, should you have a child who has a bit more…
We had so much fun walking along The Boardwalk in Monterey! Seeing the palm trees swaying in the light breeze next to the palm trees did my heart good. Being so close to the water was so relaxing….the warmth of the day (for us Canadians anyways) made the day perfect and gave it that true *vacation* feeling. We saw a really fancy hotel that we just HAD to stop and check out. We gave our kids the appropriate *best behavior*…
Monterey was such a fun stop! There were so many fun shops to see (though we didn’t dare venture in many of them with 3 young kids lol), restaurants to eat at, and fun things to do. The mirror house looked really fun, and the kids really wanted to try it out, so away we went. I’m kind of a poor sport when it comes to mazes and things like this – I like to know the right way and…
Before leaving Yosemite Lakes Park we had to decide where we were heading. We considered doing the Disneyland run and heading down to Anaheim but a few things had us reconsider and choose a different route. We decided upon heading out to the coast and checking out Monterey and Santa Cruz instead and went to work booking our hotels. Using Hotwire we found a list of hotels in the Monterey area and were quickly drawn to the cheapest option at…
I first saw Holy Crap Cereal on Dragon’s Den (I watch it every week!) claiming to be *the world’s most amazing breakfast cereal* and I knew I had to try it! Holy Crap is made with Organic Chia, Hulled Hemp Hearts, Organic Buckwheat, Organic Cranberries, Organic Raisins, Apple Bits, Organic Cinnamon. That’s it. NOTHING else. AND it’s WHEAT FREE, GLUTEN FREE, LACTOSE FREE, and VEGAN! It’s high in iron, high in dietary fiber, rich in Omega 3, Omega 6, and…