In the national parks there is a lot of signs that clearly as say “stay on the trail” but a lot of people don’t follow those rules. Yesterday there was a guy who just cut through the trail. I have never took a step off the trail. It is important to respect national parks because […]

Today we were in Alameda. We met up with one of my mom’s friends. When we walked in the door her three year old son Emmett greeted us by saying “come look at my room”. Eventually we got showed everything in his house. Then we went to a winery. We had really good pizza. Now […]

At home my best friend is name is Lily .we have been to a lot of lakes and mountns and streets and we have seen Lily lake and Lily  mointn  and Lily street I miss  you Lily.

The other day we were in the middle of a longer drive when Zak and I overheard the girls roleplaying “ranger/hiker” in the backseat. They had secretly collected a few of the National Park maps and were using ranger jargon. Hands down, this is my favorite activity they have ever played!  

You know you’re in the middle of a long trip when the first words out of your youngest child’s mouth each morning are: Where am I?

We are writing this post as a family since our day has been so full and it is only lunchtime. We are doing a round robin writing exercise. We woke up in another Kimpton in San Francisco and our plan is to explore the city. Right now we are waiting for lunch at the Black […]

It was a perfect day. A perfect day that was absolutely draining and exhausting. Such a perfect day that I don’t want to think about the crap that this blog is giving me on the computer. Anyone else, other than us, having trouble getting on this site? Started early with a drive to Pinnacles National […]