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Monterey Daze
Our friends took us to this lovely river spot in Carmel Valley on a perfect sunny fall day. (Actually, we’re staying in Seaside, not Monterey, but it all runs together…) One of the great things about...
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San Francisco with Kids – Golden Gate Park
We picked a fabulous day to visit the city, with blue skies and a warm sun. Although San Francisco is famed for being warmer in the fall than in summer, usually by November the chill is setting back...
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Snow by the Side of the Road
On the way back from Portland, heading over the mountains into California, there was a lot of snow which had fallen in the few days since we passed this way going up. It was really lovely. This was in...
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How Not to Start a 4 Month Road Trip
The scariest part of our first day of camping was when I thought my daughter was dying in my arms. First campground of the trip – in Veterans Memorial Park in Monterey, California. It was just as well...
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Is This Trip Jinxed or Something?
Camping Day 7. Third campground, Lake McSwain, California. Lake McSwain, California. Doesn’t it look like Australia? Loads of Gum trees, and flies to match! Got out the stove to cook dinner after...
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Reflections, Camping Day 8, Lake McSwain
Early morning at Lake McSwain. First time I’ve managed to be up before the kids. Torn between sitting & writing, taking a wander around the campground to enjoy the early morning light, or getting...
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Camping in America
Camping with Kids, Day 9: Stanislaus National Forest – Lost Claim Campground This is more my memory of camping in America, even though I only came up this way once. Then again, I may have camped in...
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Yosemite National Park – Photo Blog
There is so much to see in Yosemite, we didn’t spend nearly enough time there, even with Mirror Lake and most of the falls being dried up (normal, by this time of year, though with the drought they had...
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The Mountain Lion
When we were camping in Joseph D. Grant Santa Clara County Park the camp host told us that we were in mountain lion country. The mountain lion is a solitary creature and travels in ones or twos. When...
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