Family Adventures

No surprise, but I find my travel dreams are much much larger than my budget.  In my footloose and fancy-free days I have spent a year each in two countries: Israel and Greece. I feel it takes about a year to get to really know a country; its culture, holidays, customs, the way its people look at the world, etc. At this point, with two kids and husband who earns our family’s income at a 9-5 job, exploring...

Here in California we have gotten rain, rain and more rain. This has translated in the mountains to snow, snow and more snow. My family has never been much into skiing, but that is no reason not to expose the kids to the fun of winter snow. This Monday I am dreaming of a mountain getaway. In my dreams this would be a cottage near a hill that includes a sled in the garage (like we own a sled), a hot tub on the...

I recently wrote about our trip to Bakers Beach in San Francisco. As part of Photo Friday, I thought I would also document the trip using photos of the progression of that day. Check out Delicious Baby for more Friday travel photos. The first hour the kids were excited to share the beach with the dog. They threw the ball for him, chased each other threw the waves, energy galore.           About an hour...

Having recently been thinking a lot about geocaching (see previous post), it seems only appropriate to use this dreamy Monday for a post of one of my favorite geocache finds: Spanish Peak. As I recall, this was my first introduction to geocaching, and you can see why I got hooked.  In our PK days (pre-kids) my husband and I decided to take a trip for a few days to Bucks Lake.  For a day hike we chose Spanish...

As the weather gets colder, I have less of an inclination to jump in the car to find a new place to explore, and more reasons to look for things to do nearby. Here is a way to make exploring your own city feel like a new adventure: go geocaching!  How do you catch a geo and will it bite, you ask? Geocaching doesn’t hurt a bit, but you may get bitten by the bug once you start and decide to continue geocaching...