Having spent a rather large portion of our holiday IN the vehicle, we felt it best to take our time on the way home. We spent 4 days driving, stayed in 3 hotels, and stopped at a few parks along the way to break it up. We were of course excited to see our husbands (and the kids, their dad’s), but I’m pretty certain we could have holidayed for another 3 weeks. It was really an amazing experience, one that…
Well Concord may not have beaches, but lucky for us, San Francisco is less than an hour away. So for our last day before beginning the trek home, we decided to take in the beach. We ended up right across from the San Francisco Zoo, and although tempted, we avoided making mention of it to the kids. LOL We played on the beach ALL day. You could tell when the work day was over, as the beach suddenly increased in…
I know I’ve said it before – but California seriously has the BEST, MOST AMAZING parks. Parks like nothing I’ve ever seen…spacious so lots of kids can play, and made with such variety that kids of all ages can be safe. While in Concord, and upon discovering there were no beaches there, we happened upon a pretty amazing *little* park that absolutely took my breath away. Even now as I am thinking about it, I am in awe. What’s so…
So, funny story. We decided to try and catch a few more beach days before making the trip home to our hubbies. Looking at an online map we tried to figure out what cities (with decent hotel options) would be the best option to make this happen. So, upon further research (ie map searching) we decided upon Concord (yep, like the grape). Fact: Concord has no beaches. Not one. But true to form, we did not let this stop us.…
The main reason we found ourselves back in Roseville was to take the kids to Santa’s Secret Adventure in Sacramento. We had heard about it from some friends and thought it would be a really fun (and festive) activity. Plus, with the promise of photos with Santa, for me it eliminated needing to do it when we got home. LOL The kids were SO excited to see Santa and the Elves – and we were excited to see their…
While I like staying in hotel chains I am familiar with, I also really like the idea of trying something new, with the hopes of finding another great option. So when booking our hotel in Roseville, it was no surprise that the Orchid Suites caught my eye. It took me a while to decide on it, but despite the other options, I just kept on coming back to it. So finally I went for it, booked it, and kept my…
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…
As mentioned in my last post, I achieved my goal of not just wearing a bikini on holiday, but feeling comfortable in it. I felt comfortable to begin with, but what was so awesome to realize once we got to our resort was that NOBODY CARES!!!! There are all body types in one pieces, bikinis, tankinis, and speedos….and everyone is there to enjoy themselves…nobody cares! And for once in my life I didn’t either. I haven’t worn a bikini since…
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…