DAY 19 Bothell to Spokane THE FINAL DAY Snoqualmie Pass was open and Geoff said we’re going for it. So off we went. It was miserable on the pass with so much standing water on the roadway and big semi-trucks and slush. Not fun! But Captain Geoff got us safely through and kept driving until it was time to dump. What we found out was that most of the dumpsites where buried with snow and not accessible. So we made a beeline for home. Our house was well cared for by dear friends and we were able to pull right in [View Full Entry]

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DAY 17 Monterey, Pacific Grove, Moss Landing, Santa Cruz to Fairfield to Mt. Shasta City “Love Him in the mornin’ when you see the sun a’risin’ Love Him in the evenin’ ‘cause he took you through the day And in the in between time when you feel the pressure comin’ Remember that he loves you and he promises to stay” God is so loving and beautiful and patient. So why is it so easy for me to be selfish and to forget that He’s leading me and God knows best?! I’d like to get out of his way more so I [View Full Entry]

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DAY 16 Ocean Mesa to Oceano Beach to Monterey We stayed Friday night at the same RV park we liked on our way down to Disneyland, Ocean Mesa, just north of Santa Barbara. The swimming pool was still warm and we got 2 loads of laundry done and scrubbed up 3 kids. What a joy to have a hot shower and floss teeth - the simple things of life. I’m seeing that there’s different types of RVer personalities. There’s the true leisurely sort - the retired, “I’ve got nothing but time” mentality; the pitstop guy - “I’m just passing through, leavin [View Full Entry]

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DAY 15 Friday, January 2, 2009 MISSION BEACH and LEGOLAND Bobafett didn’t find us out with the trash nor did we get ticketed or kicked out at 2am. Thank You, Dear Jesus, for keeping us safe! We took a leisurely morning stroll on the beach and combed for precious shells and rocks. Kai was quite a hunter - 306 pieces of treasure! And everyone loved chasing waves. We had a family pow-wow and voted to hit Legoland one more time with our free tickets. It was another fun day but chilly and very overcast. J. and Geoff took a cool robotics [View Full Entry]

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DAY 12 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 SEAWORLD Those aren’t bags under my eyes - they’re circles of FUN!! I’m noticing my eyes are a little bloodshot and cloudy and there’s extra colors under them. The price you pay for fun, I guess?!? That’s why there’s Visine, right? It was an absolutely gorgeous drive to San Diego! We rolled down our windows, had our shades on, changed from turtlenecks and longsleeves to shorts and t-shirts. It was great! We met up with our friends, the Bludaus, at Sea World and enjoyed yet another park. Those Beluga Whales [View Full Entry]

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Nineteen of us went out to dinner at the chicken restaurant at Knott's Berry Farm in honor of Grandpa George's birthday on the 27th. It was treat. We ate at the good ole chicken dinner place outside of Knott's Berry Farm. Downhome cookin'. Happy Birthday, Grandpa! [View Full Entry]

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DAYS 9, 10, 11 Saturday, 12-27-08 through Monday, 12-29-08 PARKS N PLAY These days kind of blur together because of the early mornings and late nights with a tiny bit of rest in between. We had a great time at the Magic Kingdom and Cal-“E”-fornia Adventure. All in all we were a group of 21 with 4 kids in the bunch (another one’s on the way - YEAH!) and the rest kids at heart. We had an early pass to enter Disneyland at 7am on Saturday and we took full advantage of it! We were on Peter Pan’s Flight by 7:15 [View Full Entry]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS! We made it to Disneyland for Christmas and I bet they broke records for the wettest day of the year! On the good side of that the crowds were less than predicted and the wait times for rides were 40 minutes or less - little did we know - that would be pretty decent. Our second day of D-land and we got in an hour early and hit a lot of the rides we wanted too. The extended family all made it safely to the hotel the day after Christmas [View Full Entry]

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The Pacific Highway is still as gorgeous as ever! Somehow we never checked our map in the morning and we just cruised onto Hwy 1, Pebble Beach, 17 mile Scenic Drive. A little later in the day we realized we completely missed the drive through Pacific Grove. We'll have to hit that next time through. Monterey was a favorite, we'd love stay there longer. Smelling the salty sea air and feeling the California breeze on my face made me miss living in Seattle! There's just something magical about the ocean! So, if Monday was our best day so far Tuesday might [View Full Entry]

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Santa Barbara to Santa Monica We started the 24th morning in a windstorm but the pool was so warm everyone had to go swimming. We had a great view of the ocean from our RV spot and the pool - it was pretty cool! Once the rain started swim time ended and we piled back into Spirit with a load of clean clothes and clean, showered bodies! Then off to another beach. We had to make a pit stop to do an errand for Santa - that took awhile. We had hoped to chase more waves at Emma State Beach but [View Full Entry]

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