North America
Places that I explored that are easy to get to and close to my California home
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Yosemite and Rafting the Tuolumne River
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Here I go again off on another adventure with my teenagers. This time we were on our way to explore Yosemite and to go white water rafting. We cheated and took a plane from Orange County to Fresno and rented a car to save six hours of a boring drive. Before we arrived in Yosemite we went on a two-day white water rafting trip on the Tuolumne River a class 3-5 when it comes to getting wet. We stayed the night at the Groveland Hotel. The hotel was a traditional bed and breakfast complete with a teddy bears to snuggle with. The next day we went to the meeting spot to join Zephyr White Water Rafting Company for two days on the Tuolumne river.
I arranged to have our own boat and we loved it. ...Continue Reading >
Babbling Brook Inn, Santa Cruz
Mom and the kids explore our Beautiful California Coast.
I wanted to show my teens more of California. We flew to San Francisco and part of this trip was to stay in the seaside town of Santa Cruz where I learned to surf in the 50’s and early 60’s. The date that we arrived in Santa Cruz was the 4th of July. The traffic was unreal but the scenery made up for it. We arrived into this college town mid afternoon. I remember going to the Boardwalk when I was very young so before checking into our hotel we cruised the beach. This was a big mistake on the 4th of July everyone wanted to do this. While we were crusing the boulevard in our rented something the kids saw the The Boardwalk. I did not ...Continue Reading >
