Summer Vacation - Cross Continental Road Trip

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July 18th 1998

Published: April 10th 2011

I had just completed my duties as the Program Manager for the AMEC program, and my boss wanted to know if I wanted to move to California to work at our Environmental R&D lab at Port Hueneme. So we decided to take a look, and on the way would see some of the West, most of which we had seen before on home leave from Europe. 18 July 1998 Saturday. We piled into the van and headed west through Ma... Read Full Entry

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Bob Carlsen

Home and Away

I started blogging on Travelblog in 2009, entering trips beginning in 2007. My intention has always been to document my years of travel since my birth...how else was I to save all the slides my Dad took of my childhood! Most bloggers write about their trips away from home. Mine, and eventually Linda's, homes have usually been where people travel to. So the idea eventually percolated to name our blog "Home and Away." The blog is not intended to be an autobiography, although I spent my entire life traveling, with Linda joining me after college, it may appear to be that way. As this... full info

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Tamara on the waterslide at Excaliber Resort in Las Vegas, NV

Rosanna on the waterslide at the Excaliber Resort in Las Vegas

Tamara and Rosanna observing the casino action in Las Vegas

Linda plays the slots and wins enough to buy T-shirts for the kids

Tamara, Will, and Rosanna in front of the Sphinx at the Luxor Casino in Las Vegas

Will, Tamara and Rosanna in front of the Castle in Disneyland

Tamara, Rosanna, and Will in front of Tom Sawyer's Island at Disneyland

Will, Tamara and Rosanna at Disneyland

Tamara, Rosanna, and Will at Disneyland

Tamara, Rosanna, and Will with Goofy at Disneyland

Linda with the kids at Disneyland

Will, Rosanna and Tamara shopping at Disneyland

Our hotel on the Pacific Ocean in Oxnard

Driving north on the Pacific Coast Highway at Big Sur

Rosanna, Tamara and Will at China Town in San Francisco

Sea Lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco

Yosemite National Park

Kids resting at Yosemite NP

Linda and the kids at Yosemite NP

Will, Tamara and Rosanna in front of a sequoia tree in Yosemite NP

Bob and the kids hiking back up from the sequoia grove at Yosemite NP

Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah

23rd May 2011

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Great blogging!
Love the cross country trips! You've been to some great places. We were in Half Moon Bay this weekend.

23rd May 2011

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

I look forward to reading your blog on Half Moon Bay. However, I preferred Marin County seacoast and from Monterey south to Pismo Beach. Let me know if you agree.

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