We visited the State Capitol building on our last morning in Olympia, but I am not the State Capitols freak in the family and so I won’t spend anytime telling you about that. It wasContinue reading
Category: Family Vacations
Washington National Parks Summer Vacation: Olympia and Mt. Rainier
I confess that we chose the Washington National Parks for our summer vacation this year for largely pragmatic reasons: Washington state had a high vaccination rate, the flight from San Diego to Seattle would beContinue reading
A Short Visit to Idyllwild
This week is my kids’ Spring Break, and we decided that it would be a good time to venture away from home for the first time during the pandemic. Case counts are not as lowContinue reading
Palm Springs Weekend
Our kids are SoCal born and bred- our 10 year old recently complained that it has been cold for so long, and wondered when it would get warm again. By “cold” she meant that theContinue reading
A Day and a Bit in Boston
The single-day flight options from San Diego to Nova Scotia weren’t particularly great, so we decided to include a stop in Boston on either side of our East Coast Canada summer vacation. On the wayContinue reading
East Coast Canada Summer Vacation: Halifax and Surroundings
We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton, and were a little sad at the thought of heading back to the bustle of a city. Luckily, Halifax is a really coolContinue reading
East Coast Canada Summer Vacation: Cape Breton
In the last post, I wrote about the first leg of our summer vacation, which was primarily in Prince Edward Island. I left off just as we were about to get on the ferry atContinue reading
East Coast Canada Summer Vacation: Halifax to Prince Edward Island
I decided to plan a summer vacation to the East Coast of Canada for two main reasons: Anne of Green Gables (which put Prince Edward Island on the itinerary) and fiddle music (which added CapeContinue reading
LA Weekend for a Harry Potter and Book-Loving Tween
When my older daughter was in kindergarten, we decided to sidestep the question of how many of her new classmates to invite to her birthday party by announcing we’d take her to Disneyland instead ofContinue reading
New Zealand Summer Holiday: Waihi to Auckland
I wrote about the first part of our recent vacation in New Zealand earlier, covering our time in Wellington, Rotorua, and Waihi Beach. In some ways, leaving Waihi Beach after nine incredibly relaxing days feltContinue reading