• 3 Days of Wine and Wandering in Sonoma & Napa

    Despite our travels in 2013 and 2014, we hadn’t had an adults-only vacation for about 2 years.  Luckily Chuck’s mom Carla came to the rescue, and flew down to babysit the kids while we went to Sonoma and Napa for 4 nights. Our first night was spent with Chuck’s friend…

  • Blue Angels and More at the Miramar Air Show

    When we moved to San Diego, we rented a house for a couple of weeks in Mira Mesa.  The backyard opened onto a canyon that turned out to be one of the main flight paths of the Marine’s F/A-18 Hornets so we’d hear them and see them flying every day,…

  • Sand Sculpting Competition

    Sand sculpting has always fascinated me and I’ve always wanted to see cool sculptures in person.  So I was super excited when I found out the US Sand Sculpting Challenge and 3D Art Expo was being held in San Diego on the cruise ship pier. We took the trolley from…