Days 12, 13: San Jose, CA | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: 0 miles Our couple days in San Jose were spent celebrating birthdays and relaxing. Ethan celebrated his 5th Birthday and Laura her 33rd Birthday with my family. We BBQ’d, swam, ate cake and finished off with the pinata. To Ethan’s […]
Days 9, 10: Catalina Island | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: 0 miles Our visit to Catalina Island was relaxing and low key (except the part where we thought my Grandma gave the condo to someone else for the week and we were suppose to leave a day early…but it was a […]
Day 8: Disneyland to Avalon, Catalina Island | Total Drive Time: 2 hours | Total Distance: ??? Final day at Disneyland and we found Ethan’s favorite ride: Cars Land Radiator Springs Racers. Laura and I both agree that it was also our favorite. We had planned on doing the Racers today since we had an early 7am […]
Day 7: Disneyland and California Adventures | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: Lots of walked miles We opened Disneyland at 7am. Closed Disneyland at 12am. What a long, exhausting, and terrific day! I’ll let the photos do the talking, but here are some highlights of our second full day at Disneyland and California Adventures. […]
Day 6: Disneyland and California Adventures | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: Lots of walked miles Yes, it was a great day! Our feet are sore from a ton of walking, our bodies are drained from a lot of sun, and our children are passed out in bed without a single peep for the […]
Day 5: San Jose, CA to Disneyland Resort | Total Time: 7 hours | Total Distance: 400 miles We arrived at the Disneyland Hotel today. Except for Laura, who stayed here as a child, none of us had been here before. Having plenty of relatives in the area always meant I never stayed in a hotel when […]
Day 4: San Jose, CA | Total Time: o hours | Total Distance: 0 miles Tomorrow we head to Disneyland. This will be Ethan and Autumn’s first visit to “The Happiest Place On Earth” (happiest?…except for our house, and some killer National Parks, and….nice marketing Walt!) We’re not so much looking forward to our experience as we […]
Day 3: Medford, OR to San Jose, CA | Total Time: 8 hours | Total Distance: 400 miles Welcome to California….we only have 7 more hours until Grandma’s house. Today’s 8 hour leg of our trip is our 2nd longest travel day on this trip. Keeping our kids occupied and engaged is no easy task but we’ve […]
Day 2: McMinnville to Medford with a stop in Eugene | Total Time: 7 hours | Total Distance: 273 miles It was a leisure day and we like it that way. We enjoyed our early morning at Laura’s parent’s house today. I slept in a bit, Sam cooked up a mean breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and bacon, […]
Day 1: Seattle to McMinnville | Total Time: 4 hours | Total Distance: 226 miles “Mom! Dad! Do you know what today is?” Ethan blurted out excitedly as he came into our room at 6am today. “No, what’s today?” we teased him. “Summer Vacation Day!” he exclaimed with his classic smile! What a great kick off to […]
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