Look! We are getting rain! Take THAT fire gods. The only bad thing is that our back yard has no drainage and no plants... so it is a giant mud farm. Becca = happy. Dogs = no way we are peeing out there man. Don = driven to drink.
Well I am terribly late with this, but here it is... our Hawaii trip.
It was wonderful to be together as a family and just relax. I think all in all, we didn't find Hawaii all that jaw-dropping. Quite possibly because we LIVE in a place that looks like a tropical paradise. The strongest memory I have of the Big Island of Hawaii is that in this teeny little island were so many different landscapes. Stark desolate lava fields, tropical rainforests with immense waterfalls, inexplicable petroglyph graffiti mounds, mountainous ranches, vivid underwater fish playgrounds, blue collar neighborhoods, lush manicured resorts. You can see all these in just a day.
For all the buildup Hawaii received, I think San Diego is more beautiful. But as the philosophers of Smash Mouth say, you'll never know if you don't go. So it was a more-than-worthy adventure.
Music: All Star by Smash Mouth
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re spending Thanksgiving in Idyllwild, a mountain community of cute cabins, shops, and hiking trails. We rented a cabin and a half mile away, my friend Laura and her family have one too.
I guess 31 million Americans got in their cars yesterday to go someplace. 2.5 of them are in California. We all apparently left our garages at 1:30 p.m. It took us 3.5 hours to go less than 100 miles. It took Laura 7 hours to go 130 miles. We are just grateful to not be in the car at this point.
I bought so much food at Costco that we had to drive 2 cars. Why? I don’t know. Just got all caught up in the Costco thing. After you’re been there a half hour, 50 count individual bags of potato chips doesn’t seem unreasonable.
And with Oakley gone, Gizmos is becoming one very spoiled onlycat. He is loving it. He’s here at the cabin with us, after having proved himself a pretty laid back traveler during the fires.
I’m thankful today that we’re here together, experiencing yet another part of this planet. That we have the wherewithal to go where we want, and the curiosity to keep exploring. We wish you a happy and a restful day.
