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…
We finally got our first beach day in and was it ever fun! It’s amazing how quickly time flies by when the kids are just having a great time playing in the sand. The weather wasn’t hot but it was certainly nice enough not to need sweaters – well until my *nephew* fell into a wave pretty hard and had to wear his mom’s hoodie the rest of the day. It was definitely a little scary and he (and his…
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…
It has been a dream of mine to go to Yosemite National Park for about 10 years now. I admit, it was after reading an article about Keri Russell (Felicity….was a huge fan) camping there. But it looked beautiful and I love camping so it wasn’t that difficult to decide I’d like to go there. Anyways…Radelle has a friend lives in Yosemite Lakes Park, and despite having just moved in the week before, she was ECSTATIC to have company. So…
You read that right…we arrived at our next destination (Yosemite Lakes Park) only to discover that Radelle’s laptop was missing. Where, you might ask did it get left? Well, funny story really… While in the lobby at the Radisson Fisherman’s Wharf, waiting for me to bring the vehicle around, Radelle made a stop at the cafe to purchase a tea. She set her laptop down on the lower counter and said to herself *Self, don’t forget your laptop*, paid for…
On our way out of San Francisco we stopped at another fabulous park – the Koret Children’s Quarter, so the kids could run off some energy before being *trapped* in the vehicle for another drive. It was one of the few times we were able to bring out the boys’ Strider Bikes (BEST investment ever) and they had an absolute BLAST! They were even able to ride them on parts of the park – it was perfect – Have I…