Cliffs and Waves

Freedom and Waves

Pure no schedule Beach Day for me. Watch a video here: http://youtu.be/kbdiwT7xjLUI waited until the weekend crowds dissipated so Brooke and I could make the trip over the mountains.

The Day Was Ours

I had all day and no limits. My two passengers were looking for beach time. Because I can never get enough of my favorite city, I decided to start with San Francisco. Turns out the wharf has a tiny beach. Perfect.  First we needed hats:

Then we saw boats so we looked around:

Then the kids committed to beach time:

Next: chocolate factory 

Ransom and Brooke enjoy each other. They were fun to take into the city.

Cousins Go to Camp

We dropped the girls off this morning for their bus ride up to the mountains south of Lake Tahoe. 5 days of fun....

TeePee: The morning after.

Good morning from 5000 ft. Elev. click here for a short video: http://youtu.be/BeTKl8yhS-s

Photos from the road

We stopped on the border of NM & AZ to get gas and fake toy guns.

I Love Flagstaff and the KOA is the Crown Jewel

Click here to see inside of the teepee upon arrival: http://youtu.be/W3FFkOWZNjg

Seriously, this place is a family paradise. They grill hot dogs all day and have other basic food/beverages available all day. Cook to Oder breakfast in the am. All for $50/night. My kids are playing fooseball and pool up at the "KOA Korral" right now. There's a bounce house and mini golf too. That's all free. Bicycle rentals are cheap. YAY!!

Phil the Pig

Goodbye Texas. Goodbye Phil. See you in about 24 days....

The Sounds of Horror

When they said - bring your Toyota in @7am and it will take about an hour and a half,,,, I think they lied. It is now 10:33. There Is a baby in here with congestion. It may push me over the edge. I just put my headphones in-----he keeps gurgling his mucous and she keeps tapping him on the back with some sort of little rubber clapper hand. Those are wrong answers.

When Your Pet Chicken Commits Suicide....

I was feeding and watering the chickens (9 of them) this morning and all was well. Thinking I'd give the omnivores a treat, I went inside the house to get some cantaloupe that had been in the fridge a few days. Upon returning, I spread the melon wealth around the back yard then turned to the "pen gate," as we call it, to offer the food - I stopped in my tracks and yep....

One of our chickens was hanging from the gate, just like the dramatized-version photo above. I walked up to the chicken (Blondie), gently grabbed her body and waited for her to twitch or something. No reaction at all; just a limp warm chicken in my hands.

After I disposed of the body, I searched for a suicide note. I found nothing. I guess we will never truly know what made Blondie do it.

No, I haven't told the girls yet. We now have 8 chickens.

Carry on...

Because on the Road, 3600 Miles Always Goes As Planned.

My two passengers are ready for our big crazy road trip. We are less than two weeks from departure. Here is the map of my dreams:

My "plan"...

• Leave Texas on June 22 and drive to ABQ (site of Breaking Bad for those of you in the know). 
• Leave New Mexico on June 23 and drive to Flagstaff, AZ.
• Leave Arizona on June 24 and drive to San Jose.
• From June 25-July 5 - Possible Day trip to Yosemite NP. For sure several day trips to Santa Cruz area beaches like Capitola City Beach. 
• July 6th-July 10th - Malibu, CA (Tent camping just off the beach under the trees. Yes, there are toilets and showers!)
• July 11-July 13 - Anaheim, thus, Disneyland
• July 14/15 - Phoenix
• July 15 Drive to Alpine, TX (possibly stop on way back home)
• Arrive back in Dallas July 16 or 17th

Whew...I'm getting a little tired just typing all of that. I mean, it's only 53 hours on the road. Big whoop. I've done it before. However, I'm hoping this trip will be seamless. 

If you have ever been to Disney....this might ring true

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