This series of post is about 5 weeks over due. I really had hoped to live blog my travels out to the west coast but hanging out with friends and family and the time differences made that untenable. And then life started up again but no more excuses. You'll get one of these a day this week and if you click on the headings to each city it will take you to my Picasa albums for the rest of the photos from that local.
This section of the trip was entirely dedicated to family. I stayed with my Dad's younger sister and husband, my Aunt Laura and Uncle Jay. However, my visit coincidentally coincided with my Dad's older Sister and husband (who travel the country in their RV) visiting for a few weeks and staying in an RV park about 500 feet from my Aunt and Uncle's home. This combined with the fact that my grandparents (Dad's Dad and stepmom) live about 30 minutes away led to A LOT of family togetherness over 4 days. But thankfully I only have to do that much of my Dad's side about once every 10 years so it was do able and we did a lot of fun things!
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| Enjoyed this view every morning while enjoying a hot chocolate from the shop just behind this view and steps from my Aunt and Uncles home |
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| Enjoyed this view every night from my Aunt and Uncles home |
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| Visited Half Moon Bay and wandered around enjoying the small shops and quaint town. |
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| Found a stingray in the water. Unfortunately it was dead or as we told the young boy near by "resting" |
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| Wandered out to the point where they host the Mavrick surfing competition each year and is the winter destination for many big wave surfers. There are underwater rock formations that cause the waves to break unpredictably and has killed 2 surfers in past years. |
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| Wandered the Labyrinth. That's my Aunt Laura taking a meditative stroll. |
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| Visited a street fair in Kerouac's Alley in downtown San Fran. |
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| Went to Club Fugazi for a showing of Beach Blanket Babylon, America's longest running musical review. Performers wear disproportionately large hats/wigs and gaudy costumes while performing satirical renditions of popular songs. It was pretty silly/stupid but I enjoyed it. |
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| My uncles relieved their aging hippy ways and serenaded us ladies in song. |
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| I snuggled with my Aunt's adorable 6 month old kitten Simba. |
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| we visited the California academy of science where I took too many pictures of animals including this adorable octopus. |
Gorgeous ocean views! That kitten looks awfully like one of mine...and were I to be an ocean creature, it would be an octopus. They're so smart.
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