Saturday, March 30, 2013

Our California Photo Story

As promised in my last post...I'm tackling the lighter side this time.  Last year, we took a family vacation to Washington D.C. for spring break.  I obsessed and stressed about how to blog about it and ended up...yep.  Posting nothing.  Not wanting to repeat that mistake this time, I decided this will be a photo story.  Lots of pictures...few words.  Should be refreshing as it's usually the other way around.

Traveling

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First stop: Druber's Donuts--Most amazing donut shop ever. Opens at 11pm. Perfect prelude to 30 + hour train trip that begins at 2:45am.
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Breakfast on the train. Because a donut can only hold you over for so long...
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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
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I guess if we have to spend 30 hours together, we should try to have fun.
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Nice sunset, Arizona! Color me impressed.

Arriving

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Bedraggled and weary travelers...anxious for our final destination

Beaching

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Mid-sixties and cloudy? That's a heat wave as far as we're concerned. Let's hit the waves!
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Dude! Is that a dolphin?

Recouperating

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Plenty of room in Dad's apartment for all of us. Not crowded at all!

Exploring

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"They'll be comin' down the mountain when they come..."
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Keeping me from gaining the "spring break fifteen"...

Sightseeing

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"Standing on the edge of the Hollywood sign" Okay. Fine. Just content to stand where we can see the Hollywood sign.
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Cool! Wonder when Uncle Nathan will have one of these?
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Jay Leno sighting = a big "thumbs up" for the Hollywood outing.
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Hiking

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Everyone else's hike pace...
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Corbin's hike pace...
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Waterfall!
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At the base of the waterfall
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Exploring
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Relaxing
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California Sunrise
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10 mile hikes first thing in the morning are super-fun! Whose idea was this, anyway?

Collecting

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J's sand dollar. What a fantastic find!

Building

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Building a sandcastle
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Our masterpiece...

Surfing

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Time for bodysurfing!
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Way to ride those waves, Bro!
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Shoot! Wish I would've caught THAT one...

Playing

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A beach trip isn't complete without a little Frisbee...
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No thanks. You guys go ahead and play without me. I'm just gonna close my eyes for a few minutes...
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The most beautiful feet...
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Looks like "Hector" and "Princess" had as fantastic of a day at the beach as we did!

Leaving :o(

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See you soon, Dad! Love you!

Returning

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Seriously? 27 degrees here? Can we just go back to California?

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