This winter we went to Sea World for Homeschoolers Day.  Because we went with a large homeschool group, we got a great deal on a half day admission, which allowed us access to all of the animal exhibits.  That was plenty of time for the […]

Last year while visiting San Diego, we visited many of the popular attractions, such as the San Diego Zoo, Legoland, LaJolla Beach, which I wrote about in previous posts.  This year we hit some new places that we greatly enjoyed: USS Midway Museum The USS […]

While in Palm Springs, we took a drive to the Indian Canyons, Agua Client Indian Reservation.  There is an admission fee, and there was quite a line to get in, but the trails were very nice. The Agua Caliente Cahuilla Indians settled in the area […]

The drive from Central California over to the Northern California Coast was not for the faint of heart, driving a 40 foot motorhome.  The roads were hilly and curvy, and although Highway 101 is commonly driven by RV’ers, I think I can confidently assert that next time […]

Yosemite National Park was high on our list of must-visit places.  As we were traveling in central California, we met some nice people who were long time residents, and gave us some great advice about visiting Yosemite.  We took their advice and visited on a […]

Never having visited San Francisco before, I was very excited to see this unique city.  Immediately I was in awe of the streets lined with three story townhouses, trickling up and down the steep roads. We drove past the row of homes known as the […]

Being the technology fans we are, we decided that spending a Saturday morning on a little driving tour of Silicon Valley was a priority for us.  The only places we knew that we could actually see the inside of were the Intel Museum and the […]

The original plan was to spend one weekend driving from Pismo Beach to Monterey along Highway 1, and stay overnight at a hotel along the route.  However, due to my lack of foresight, Valentine’s Day weekend was not the best pick to find available rooms […]