Just for fun
For the second half of Nate’s week, we headed to a KOA that lives between Santa Cruz and Monterey. This is not our normal M.O. However, we met a lovely family at an SVRA (State Vehicular Recreation Area) who told us about it and Nate was interested. Very interested. While Scott and Nate spent the…
Yosemite National Park requires very few words. The pictures do the talking. It’s an incredible experience to be in the valley and look up at the grandness of it. Because of all the rain California received this year, they’ve had a lot of rock slides in Yosemite. If you drive in the Rt 120 entrance,…
Every year Nate join us for either his February or April vacation. This year we got April. We hadn’t expected to be on the west coast by that time, but here we are. His arrival is always a big deal. Think ‘Paul McCartney’ big. I mean, Scott and I look forward to it, of course. But Evie…
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 from a stranger. She suggested we look into real estate out that way if Scott’s…
It’s not that we’re particularly fanatical about wine. I love oenophiles as much as the next person and I’m happy to have a couple of really talented ones in my life but I can’t pick out a hint “blackberry” or a waft of “oak” to save my life. I have… maybe 3 tastebuds. I like big…
