Old School Pool

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It felt good to wake up to this after the previous day’s trials. Mount Whitney loomed over us from a short distance. Such fresh air and crisp vistas. The greatest joy of being a boy. See if you can guess what it is. After a couple days we needed to empty … Read More

Revolución in Mexicali

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We’ve sort of gotten stuck here in El Centro, California, the past few days. Ali needed a root canal and crown to repair a broken tooth, which ended up taking four appointments over the course of a week. On the first day we all went across the border together and … Read More

Roots

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We decided not to cross at Tijuana and instead head east to the Mexicali border crossing. We are planning to head down to San Felipe and then backtrack over to the Pacific side of Baja. Anyway, that means we have found ourselves in El Centro, famous for being the largest … Read More

Wrapping Things Up

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It’s been nearly eleven months since we flew back into the States. That’s enough for now. We are definitely ready to get south of the border again. The past few days have felt a lot like boat life—getting ready for a passage. I spent two days getting the bus up … Read More

San Diego

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I have to say that San Diego has quickly grown on me. We aren’t much into big cities these days, but this place really seems to find a pretty good balance. We’re staying in the Mission Beach area, a nice stretch of beach with miles of pedestrian fun along the … Read More

First Ride – Mission Beach

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Grammy was able to make a last minute run to see the kids before we all disappear south of the border—where bandidos lurk behind every boulder. The kids were ecstatic. There is always quite a build up before her visits. “How many more days ’til Grammy gets here? Show me with … Read More

Halloween

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We spent a night in Indio before traveling south along the Salton Sea. There isn’t much happening out there, that’s for sure. It was a nice drive, beautiful in its starkness. When we turned west the desert enveloped us, and for miles and miles all we saw was perfectly groomed … Read More

Joshua Tree National Park

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Nobody was in a hurry to leave the lake. It almost seems sometimes that the less there is to do (in our adult minds) the more the kids find to do. We did eventually make it down to Joshua Tree. We spent a night in the Black Rock Canyon hiking … Read More

Brave

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Ran into some traffic on our way somewhere. Spotted an exit with a sign for a campground somewhere else. Spent an uneventful night somewhere I can’t recall. Well actually it wasn’t all uneventful. The neighbor came home drunk and backed his truck into his rv. There was a bit of … Read More

Ventura

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Spent a nice day at this place near Ventura—just a long strip of road right along the beach.

Refugio State Beach

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We’ve said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa, but not before a walk down State Street turned into some sort of costume buying bonanza. Ouest was wearing hers for a couple of days before she asked who that was a picture of on the brooch. “That’s Barbie.” “Who’s Barbie?” Parenting—so far so good … Read More

Don’t Do That. Or That. Or That.

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We went out to a nearby pumpkin patch this morning. The kids have really been wanting to do this, so we waited until the grandparents could join in the fun. However, once we got to Lane Farm’s Pumpkin Patch I quickly discovered that the place did not want anybody to … Read More