This Labor Day camping trip included more family than ever before. We had all the McGregor siblings, all the Luukkonen siblings, all the Peters siblings, spouses, parents, friends, and kids. Wow. Speaking of kids: eventually, someday, in the future, not right now, later on, I’ll have my own kids to enjoy and laugh at and [...]

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.