We didn’t get to spend much time in Eureka, but we tried to make the best of what we had. Mindy suggested that we drive down the “Avenue of the Giants” on our way back, and I’m glad we followed her suggestion! The “Avenue of the Giants”  is a portion of old Hwy 101 in Humboldt [...]

In September, we went on a little weekend trip to Knight’s Ferry with Matt and Heather. The weather was up in the 100s, which I thought was perfect. Our tent was just a couple feet back from where Tim is fishing…nice and close to the river…and the mosquitoes (Sometimes I feel like I really have [...]

I have to work every other weekend (which means Friday night and Saturday night), and that makes Tim pretty sad. He gets tired of spending his weekends alone, and who can blame the guy? I don’t like bring home alone either.  I had to work Labor Day weekend, but Tim and I both had Monday [...]

What happens when Margaret’s off working night shift? I sneek onto her blog and post my non-pink, do or die, action packed, extreme boarding shots. These were taken at the Wedge in Newport Beach, about an hour before high tide, during a predicted 6-8 ft swell.  It was a perfectly overcast day and I was [...]

While our husbands were bird-hunting and trying to keep warm up in Oregon, Heather and I had fun taking her kiddos all around Orange County. Because Disneyland was too expensive, we decided to spend a morning at Downtown Disney. Carter never seemed to notice the difference. I think he was having too much fun [...]

I hope you like animals, because you’ll be seeing a lot of them if you read on. This is part 3 of 3 posts chronicling our birthday weekend in 2008. It also has some information about visiting the San Diego zoo for those who are interested.

This is part 2 of 3 birthday weekend posts, and you just might come away with some ideas if you’re wondering what to do for a couple days in San Diego. After we attempted to camp in Carlsbad , we headed further south toward downtown SD to spend some time wandering around Balboa Park.

This is part 1 of 3 posts sharing our 2008 birthday activities down in San Diego. Yay! It also shares some valuable and hard-to-come-by information about camping at South Carlsbad State Beach for those of you who are interested.