Blogs from La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States, North America

Today is our only full day in San Diego, which is a shame as we both LOVE it here and there is loads to do! We decided to go to a beach for the day as we saw loads from the train on the way here, and were recommended to go to La Jollla as it has interesting wildlife. The place was absolutely beautiful with cliffs and little beaches nestled in amongst them and we found one which had some rocks a few metres out with a seal on it! To quote 1 girl that we heard: ''the sand is so soft... like angels''. Well I'm not even sure I know what an angel feels like, but the beach was pretty nice. There were about 3 seals playing in the surf really near to the beach ... read more

This has been a highly anticipated day; sea kayaking down in La Jolla.. This is a very picturesque beach town just north of San Diego with a fantastic beach. There are caves along the coast and when the conditions are right you can go into the caves. When we hit the beach the waves are slightly higher than the 3 ft. and we watch the kayakers try to launch into the waves. We are trying to get pointers so that we are not one of those that capsize in the breakers. After a very short instruction we launch into the ocean and hope for the best. I'm in the front and when the first wave hits us the nose of the kayak is pointing to the heavens and I am flying off the seat and hoping ... read more

We are about to embark on an incredible road trip visiting several of the Western States National Parks with a side trip to San Francisco and a wedding (our daughter's) in Portland, Oregon. Join us as we travel to Yosemite, San Francisco, the Redwood Forest of Northern California, and onto Portland for Alaina and Matt's wedding on July 3rd. From there we will travel across Idaho and Montana to Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Salt Lake City, Canyon Lands, Arches National Park, the Grand Canyon and finally the wilds of Las Vegas. We'll do our best to share with you our adventures and memories of the summer of 2011.... read more

...rough night for Reubs with it ending up with us watching cartoons at 4 am. I just don't get Pokemon! Complaining now of tooth ache...suspected he was just misreading the pain from his ear and sinuses but the pain medications were not assisting. One good aspect to the start to the day was the travel insurance company emailled us e-tickets for our return home, Qantas on the 15th so only one more night here before we can get home and in particular get the little guy fixed up and comfortable at least in his own surroundings. Only downer, and not a significant one, is that the flight is at 11:30 pm so long day and long night - but it will get us home. If Reubs was 100% the delay would not be an issue but ... read more

...started the day out in Los Angeles after a good nights sleep for the patient. Only woke once for pain meds at 1.30 am and then went straight down again... Up at 7am and decision time... what to do! Travel agent is on New Zealand time, travel insurance is in Singapore (we think) so co-ordinating contact and planning is proving just a little difficult. Big ups to the travel agent, Fiona, she is doing an awesome job to help out. Situation is that the boy still ain;t up to travelling and both the doctor and the travel insurance people are advising against travelling for another couple of days and on top of that he is still in some discomfort. Decision made - we simply cannot travel. Having said that it will be frosty day in hell ... read more

Had an awesome time in Las Vegas over the 4th of July weekend. Went to see the Grand Canyon, took a helicopter tour of the strip. It was amazing! I used a site, vegasonadime.com to book all my fun stuff. I was very surprised by the knowlegde and friendliness of the staff. I want to say thanks to vegasonadime.com and thanks to Las Vegas for bringing my family joy over the weekend!... read more

Alright, I know it's been quite a while since my last blog but I hope you can all understand. So I have let two whole months pass without a good blog (except for the one my sister wrote in late December) and there is much to tell. For those of you who do not know, Maria's mother entered the hospital yesterday to have a brain tumor removed. I ask for your thoughts an prayers as she begins surgery this week. We are hoping the procedure goes well for her and she can come home quickly and fully recovered. Changing themes, my work is going well and I am really becoming comfortable as an ESL teacher.Right now my days are long, from 7am - 12pm, then 4pm- 830pm, but I have a nice long lunch break at ... read more

Next, I went with Braydens uncle, Eric to San Diego. We went to Srcipps Pier, the beach. ... read more