After being away, we jumped right into a day of adventuring.  After the kids and I did Bear Butte, we ate lunch, picked up Scott and took off for Mount Rushmore.  Rushmore has never been on my must-do list but...

We had never been to Kentucky before.  It wasn't by design, it was just the result of opportunity (or lack thereof).  I didn't have much in the way of expectations and I really thought we'd pop down, spend a great...

We're an ocean family.  Mom wanted to dip her toes in the Pacific so we decided to take a day trip to Santa Cruz. We didn't know much about the place.  We headed off in that direction on a recommendation...