Category Trips
West Coast Tour 2016 – Scottsdale and Taliesin West
Timeline: October 15-16 After cleaning up the condo and loading the car we drove to a gas station near the I-5 to fill the Highlander, hit a Starbucks to redeem a reward, getting one of their very good breakfast sandwiches, and then jumped on the freeway to start the seven hour drive to Scottsdale and […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Solana Beach, Part Three
Timeline: October 8-14 As planned for that Thursday, we set out on the bikes to ride down to San Diego. I’ve ridden these roads and this route a number of times so could rely on memory for most of it and found it served me well. No sooner had we started riding then there was […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Solana Beach, Part Two
Timeline: October 8-14 Jessica and Kris had a early flight out Monday morning and after we dropped them off at the airport, Kim, Marty, Joanna, and I drove west towards through Ocean Beach and Sunset Cliffs to Point Loma to spend some time at Cabrillo National Monument. On the way in, not long after you […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Solana Beach, Part One
Timeline: October 8-14 We departed Café Calypso and made the drive down to Solana Beach, an easy enough on a Saturday morning without much traffic, pulling up in front of the condo complex. Marty met us outside, directing us into the parking garage where we off-loaded our gear and got our first glimpse at their […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – San Clemente
Timeline: October 6-7 We spent a pleasant Wednesday night at Sheila and J.B.’s place ( one of the best parts of the trip has been the opportunity to spend quality time with people we don’t get to see too often) and took off Thursday morning to drive to Escondido to meet my former boss […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Los Angeles
Timeline: October 3-5 We left the apartment Monday morning not long after Jessica and Kris took off for work, a routine we’ve grown used to in the last few years given our frequent trips here. As we’ve done before we stopped at a Starbucks just off the I-580 around Livermore, then continued to the […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Oakland, Part Two
Timeline: September 29 – October 2 After a better night’s sleep, we arose to a day with not much planned, just dinner out later on at Chez Panisse. While Kris and I hung out at the apartment, Joanna and Jessica spent the morning in Berkeley getting Joanna a new piercing for her ear. Later in […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Oakland, Part One
Timeline: September 29 – October 2 We took off for Oakland mid-morning, stopping in Redding to get gas and some cash from an ATM. From there it was a smooth and easy drive down I-5, I-505 and then the I-80 into the East Bay. The drive didn’t take that long, a little under four hours […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Mt. Lassen National Park
Timeline: September 27-28 We ate breakfast in the room at the Budget Inn, checked out, gassed up next door at the Pilot, topped off the coffee mug and headed south on Highway 97 towards Klamath Falls and our destination for the next two nights, Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park. It is centered around Lassen […]
West Coast Tour 2016 – Crater Lake – Part Two
Timeline: September 25-26 The next morning, we drove back to Crater Lake, entered the park and headed down the East Rim just past the Phantom Ship viewpoint to the turn off to the Pinnacles. A few miles down the road we parked and did a two mile out and back hike to Plaikni Falls. […]
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