Category: Cities & Towns

Let me just say that this place is awesome!!  If you are ever in Redding, CA this is a place you can’t miss.  The place was so large we didn’t even get to see it all with a whole day of exploring.  Turtle Bay Museum is a mini aquarium, zoo, science center, history museum, botanical gardens and playground.

Fresno was a good location to land on our way home to Portland because of their zoo.  We didn’t want to spend a lot for camping which is a tricky task in CA so we chose to stay at the Fresno County Fairgrounds for $35 per night.

We chose to go to Oceanside, CA because a couple of the friends that we had made on the road were staying there prior to our group trip to LEGOland.  It wouldn’t have been our first choice but since friends were there we thought it would be worth it.  

San Diego always holds a special place in my memories.  It is the place I was able to get an escape from the very taxing daily routine of raising our first kiddo.  Since the company Justin worked for was based in San Diego, our oldest (as a baby) and I used to periodically tag along on work trips.  It always felt so nice to get out of the norm and see new things.  It’s also nice to come back to visit and see some friends Justin used to work with.  

Off we went to San Diego traveling through mountains, that were basically a giant pile of large boulders, and through fields of wind mills.  And then, before we knew it, we saw grass!!  Not turf or grass that somebody had watered but real wild grasses by the edges of the road!  How good it felt to see green!!  Pretty soon we started seeing full grown tall trees as well.  Yahoo!

We decided to stick with our original plan and meet up with some of the Fulltime Families before the planned rally. We thought it might be helpful to start off in a smaller more intimate setting so we could get to know people a little better.  All of us were also adjusting to our oldest having a broken leg.