The Big Trip

Lap pool at Sun Country Paso Robles - awesome! Eberle winery tour Eberle winery tour Rose at gymnastics  Rose enjoying the pool Rose walking on water Rose and Ken near ocean in Cambria, CA Cambria, CA Rose at Colony Day in Atascadero, CA on bungee trampoline Rose at Colony Day Gas prices are coming down We spent the last week in Paso Robles, CA. The weather got hotter and hotter and was 98 degrees or more. Thankfully this campground had awesome swimming pools and we figured out a way for our air conditioning to keep working even though it’s so hot outside. What a blessing!  On Friday we headed to Cambria where it was a little cooler. There was a nice breeze near the water and we saw dozens of sea otters. We also “almost” had an accident thanks to a driver who decided to move into the slow lane as we were merging onto the highway with just our pickup truck! Thankfully Ken didn’t fully move over as I muttered something, although he said it wasn’t anything that provided him with ...

Rose driving at Autopia / Disneyland / Mom and Dad were behind her and their car stalled hence no more photos of Rose driving  Preview of air show at Huntington Beach Star Wars Resistance attraction / Disney How Ken sees what’s behind us while driving  Anaheim Harbor RV Park Anaheim Ready for our first day at Disneyland  Rose / Disney Guardians of the Galaxy / Disney California Adventure Park Rose at Huntington Beach Disney  Mickey Rose  Rose / Wardrobe by Disney Happy Halloween  Rose loves Minnie Mouse Ken and Rose walking on the stars / Hollywood Madame Tussauds  Madame Tussauds Ripleys Believe it or not - World’s Tallest Man Ripleys- Prom dress made with Starburst wrappers Ripleys / made with puzzle pieces Well, we have officially been on the road for 2 months now. Rose is doing great at “road school” but misses her school and friends. Ken is doing awesome at driving and fixing things that need fixed, and seems to be settling into a good Tuesday thr...

  Rose and Ken hiking around Sequoias at Yosemite Yosemite meadow Yosemite Chapel Yosemite Falls Jenn and Rose on scooters Smallest waterfall in Yosemite Rose at road school Rose at Gymnastics by Diane My birthday (I love otters) Sunset at Paso Robles campground Pool and clubhouse at campground  Too confusing so we skipped the wineries Denis, me, Elaine / my godparents  We returned to Yosemite on Monday 9/18 which was a much greater experience than the previous Saturday. Less busy. We hiked around the sequoia trees at Mariposa Grove, had a lovely lunch at Wawona Lodge, and Ken had an orthopedic exam from a doctor he befriended on the hike (knee issue since the trampoline park on 8/11 when he was jumping like crazy). Then we headed to the valley floor and hopped on our kick scooters. We toured lower Yosemite Falls, the village area (with less people and lots of parking available), and around the Ahwahnee which is undergoing a large renovation.  I always loved Oakhurst...

Jenn and Rose - Golden Gate Bridge Ken and Jenn - photo by Rose Alcatraz San Francisco  Jenn and Danielle Ken and Rose Yosemite - Valley View (Jenn’s bike) Jenn, Rose, Ken Yosemite Jenn and Rose surprising Phil at front desk Yosemite Lodge View from my house when I lived in Yosemite (Half Dome) My house on Ahwahnee row Chef Rose cooking us dinner Camper and truck in Oakhurst, CA So, we’ve been on the road over 1 1/2 months now. And although Ken says we are following good weather (aka not too hot) it was in the 90s in Sacramento. But it was so lovely to see Danielle from high school again. She hasn’t aged. We got together every evening except the day we went to San Francisco. We even tried a Zumba class together while Rose did a kids hip hop class. And I only saw one mosquito in that entire city! I had told Rose jokingly that there weren’t any because all of the people killed them (because there are so many people). We all did the Alcatraz cruise and audio tour. Rose seemed very int...