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'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...

When it's cloudy I optimistically assume it's going to be a little warmer.  I think of the clouds as nice fluffy earth blankets.  That wasn't the case in Sedona.  It got progressively colder as the week went on (and we...