Justin and I had done a short Yosemite visit on our Honeymoon road trip and it was enough to put it on our list of parks to return to for future years. Well, the year had come. Unfortunately we weren’t ready for family hikes due to our oldest’s leg still healing but we had a great time none the less.
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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.
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Sometimes travel days are drawn out and down right miserable whereas other times, such as this time, our traveling day led to some fun unexpected adventures.
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When I first heard that FullTime Families were having a get-together at LEGOland I almost immediately wrote it off under the impression that it was just an overblown museum of LEGOS where kids could look and create. After all, we have some LEGOs in Portland that the girls can play with for free instead of buying expensive tickets to LEGOland. However, when someone told me that it’s really an amusement park themed around LEGOS it became more appealing.
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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.
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We thought it might be fun to test out one of the many beach campgrounds in CA to see what they were like. We chose San Elijo State Beach because of the lower prices (compared to RV parks) and because of the great walk-ability in the area.
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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.
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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!
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What a task! This has been quite the journey and not an easy one in any way. So why do people take on this life altering task? Well, in my experience I have seen people do it for religious purposes, for more specialized schooling for the needs of their kiddo or for simple freedom. All of these are fine reasons to start homeschooling but I’d say my reasons for doing this were a combination of two.
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Since we were getting over the tail end of having the flu and were scheduled to get our oldest’s last cast off, we decided to find an RV Park with a pool and hot tub, near Yuma, for a little physical therapy. We all were okay soaking up a little vitamin D and getting some swimming in.
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