our vacations and adventures outside mclaughland.
We’ve been really good about social distancing, wearing masks, and staying home. We’ve only left the house for necessities, a handful of work-related business, and a few walks around the neighborhood. After nearly six months of staying safe at home, we decided that we really needed to get away, safely. So we grabbed our masks, Continue reading
Despite our best intentions to get up early to go to the Boston Museum of Science (MOS), we are on vacation and didn’t manage to get up too early. We also stopped for breakfast so by the time we got to the MOS it was 11:00 AM. And, because it was going to be a rainy Continue reading
Today is aquarium day! We got up early enough to have Dunkin’ Donuts today. We figured why not start off the day loaded with sugar and calories since we’d be walking a lot. As you can see, the calories I had for breakfast were almost as much as I was allowed for the whole day. Continue reading
Today we had a relaxing morning at Grandma’s house while she worked (so jelly that she gets to work from home everyday!). Then, we headed to Kowloon for lunch. This place has been here for years, it’s got a great Polynesian theme, and Brian was dying to have a tiki drink. Turns out the food Continue reading
Happy Independence Day from Salem, MA “Independence is happiness.” -Susan B. Anthony After a leisurely morning and a quick stop at the Piazza’s bbq to visit with dear friends we ventured off for something different. Leisurely Lego pirate ship morning This year we spent Independence Day in Salem, MA. Brian’s parents went on a harbor Continue reading
Thanks to all our traveling over the last year we were able to earn enough American Airlines miles to bring our entire family on an unexpected trip to Boston to visit Brian’s parents. The kids were very excited because it’s been a long time since they’ve seen their grandpa. We were excited because we know Continue reading
Today is the day we we take our Princess Monterey Whale Watching trip. We are all so excited about this! Why are all dying to see some humpback whales. I’ve been on several of these tours elsewhere, including Maui and have never seen humpback whales. Those that really know me know these are one of Continue reading
Today was Monterey Bay Aquarium Day! Everyone has been so excited for this day to come. We had to wait until today to go because we have tickets, through our Hampton Inn hotel, that give us two consecutive days for the price of one and we had the Tesla factory tour yesterday. We were lucky Continue reading
The road trip definitely continued today. We left the comfort of Monterey Bay and ventured further north today. Now, Brian has gone farther north then he’s ever been in California, by car. Today we finished our free hot breakfast at the Hampton Inn and headed up to Fremont to visit the Tesla factory. Brian has Continue reading
How is it already day three? We have had a ton of fun already and we haven’t even been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium yet. Is that possible? Yes. Here’s how. We woke up this morning and enjoyed a pretty darn awesome “free hot breakfast” at our Hampton Inn. They had everything – cereal, oatmeal, Continue reading