our vacations and adventures outside mclaughland.
After a good night’s sleep at The Morgan in San Simeon, not to mention a good breakfast, we packed up and checked out. We had to get over to the Hearst Castle for the 9:40 Grand Room Tour. Unfortunately for us, we arrived to see the giant sign out front indicating that the Neptune Pool Continue reading
We decided to kick off this year’s summer vacation with a road trip up the coast. This would be our first big road trip in one of our Teslas which would require several charging stops. For our first charge we stopped in Buellton. It took about an hour to get the charge we needed to Continue reading
Brian and I visited Tiki Ti yesterday for the first time – a tiki bar on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood that was established in 1961. Check out my husband’s Tiki Traveler blog and specifically his post about our visit to Tiki Ti. Mahalo!
This morning started out with a free breakfast for most of the family at Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa. I guess it does pay to be a gold member. After breakfast we checked out the pool and ran into a mother duck and her ducklings. They were about to go for a dip in Continue reading
It’s a holiday weekend. We have four glorious days off. What to do? San Diego! What better way to enjoy Independence Day than in cooler weather. So, we packed up the car and headed south. But first, food. After a hearty meal, the kids settled in for a nap as we got back on the Continue reading
Day 7. Our last day. All of our hearts are heavy. The kids are begging us not to make them leave Hawai’i even though they didn’t want to come in the first place. They fell in love. And, well, how could you not? Of course, we spent our last few hours at the resort pool. Continue reading
Ah day six. I can’t believe I’m typing a day six post already. Time sure flies when you’re on vacation. Day six was a day of relaxation. For me, it was mostly because my ankle needed a rest. Although it was much less swollen when I woke up it was still very, very sore. So, Continue reading
Day 5 started out a little lazy – morning coffee on the patio with the family waiting for our little kitty cat friend to stop by for a visit. Unfortunately, our resort gardeners came by instead. I knew that there was no way the cat would come by with a riding lawn mower buzzing around. Continue reading
After an adventurous day yesterday and a late night out (late for us, anyways) getting up early was not what I had in mind. And by early, I mean 8:00 AM. Hey, don’t judge, I’m on vacation! But, we had to get up early because we signed up for a glass bottom boat tour that Continue reading
After a couple of days of lounging around the pool we decided that we were ready to do something different. It was time to find our sense of adventure and take a road trip around the island – and today was the day to do it. Since today was the day the cleaning crew arrived Continue reading