This weekend was a three-day weekend. It was our nation’s Independence Day. Ironic, since we are still in lockdown thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While a lot of people are unhappy about not being able to leave the house, I’ve been really enjoying being home. Since the stay at home orders were enforced for California Continue reading
For Thanksgiving this year we did something a little different. Brian’s parents (Paula and Jimmy) and his brother (Michael) flew out west from Boston to visit for a week. We spent the whole week with them plus we visited with Noni and Papa both in the desert and had them all over for a Thanksgiving 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 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
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