Beautiful day with entertaining ocean friends at La Jolla Cove! One of the places we visited on the last leg of our road trip back in February. One of my favorite places to stop, with the sea lions, birds and views. La Jolla Cove was the first place I snorkeled many years ago. I still…
Category: Road Trip
Carpinteria State Beach, CA: A walk along the cliffs
Carpinteria State Beach is a bit south of Santa Barbara. While staying in Santa Barbara, we took one day to head out and see where the road took us. We discovered this park and spent a good amount of time here, walking the along the cliffs and wherever the path took us. There were a…
Goodbye Death Valley… on to the next adventure!
I was sad to leave Death Valley, and if I had it to do over, I would have reserved an additional night. We packed and loaded up the car (I don’t travel light for a 16-day road trip!). We hadn’t actually seen the front of the hotel, so we walked around the building and up…
Death Valley Adventures, Day 3: Celebrating 60!
A beautiful way to wake up and enter into my next decade of life! Today was a little warmer out, and simply beautiful! First stop was Natural Bridge. A short hike up a pretty steep hill to view the natural 50-foot bridge. Looking back down towards the bottom: Under the bridge: Heading back down: Back…
Death Valley Adventures, Day 2
Day two started out with a beautiful morning. No sunrise adventures, although I kind of wish we had. I know it would have been amazing. We brought our own healthy snacks, so after some food in our room, we headed out to explore. And to our surprise, the hotel greeter bid us a grand farewell…