We boogied down the coast and got to Santa Barbara just in time for our meet-up with Ali’s parents. Somehow Ali and I have always managed to miss Santa Barbara. After one day I have to say that we’re really enjoying the place. The weather is gorgeous, the boardwalk is … Read More
Hearst Castle
Highway 1 south of San Francisco is crazy beautiful, and actually a little easier to drive than it is further north. Which doesn’t mean it is an easy drive—in fact, one day we stopped in Big Sur after nearly three hours on the road with only a couple overlook stops … Read More
Back On Our Way
Ali to the kids: “Papa did it, huh? The bus is fixed.” Ouest: “He wouldn’t have been able to do it without us, though.” Ali had been telling them all week that I needed their help. They were making runs to the store for me, staying out of the bus … Read More
Trial and Error
Today was a long day of trial and error. Everything was ready, I thought, when I went to hook the battery back up. But then the starter began to crank when the battery cable hit the battery post. Later on I would find that this was because the starter relay … Read More
San Francisco
We walked over to the Larkspur ferry this morning and took the quick trip into San Francisco. In town for the day we decided to hit Golden Gate Park and Haight-Ashbury. First stop at the park was Stow Lake for a paddleboat ride. Somehow we got off our bus at … Read More
Sebastopol
We just spent three awesome days with friends we feel like we’ve known forever, despite the fact that we only see each other every couple of years, and just about every time it is in a new country or state. They grew up California hippies, sailed the world (we first met … Read More
Redwoods
Slowly meandering south. Hiding somewhere nearby Paul Bunyan is a guy with a microphone, and from far up above the kids comes a deep voice saying hello, and having a short conversation with them. Ouest thought it was amazing, Lowe didn’t figure out what was going on. Ouest was still … Read More
Jack-O-Lantern
Ouest has been taking almost as many pictures as I have as of late, but I have been terrible about getting them loaded on the computer and actually going through them. She’s been showing so much enthusiasm though that we finally sat down and began the process, showing her the … Read More
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