The second night’s prep seemed to go about 3x faster than the first night’s, and sleeping required much less effort for both Mike and myself. It may have been the peacefulness of being in the Los Padres National Forest and the lack of pedestrians walking by all night, or just the fact that this wasn’t the first time, but everyone woke up quite a bit more refreshed than the previous morning. A repack of some items and we headed just a few miles south to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park.
Semi-Spontaneous SF: Day 3
July 19th, 2010Semi-Spontaneous SF: Day 2
July 19th, 2010Waking up in the morning as I said, was surprisingly nice. Even though me and Mike would have preferred a bit more snooze time, everyone was eager to get going and see what else we could get out of SF! After a quick dash around the corner to the only trees within sight so that Mike and Hazen could get their morning rituals taken care of, Gena and I reconfigured the car and found a nearby Jack-In-The-Box for breakfast other necessities. Fed and ready to go, we made our way to Golden Gate park.
Semi-Spontaneous SF : Day 1
July 15th, 2010Day 1 of our trip consisted of leaving Altadena about 8 am. We got on the road a little later than we’d hoped to but, coming off of a late work night the evening before, sleep was more preferable than lack-of. Luckily though we didn’t hit any Saturday morning traffic on the way up I-5 through Burbank and beyond. Once we hit the mountain pass and then dropped down into the central valley, the road was nice and free flowing for the rest of the trip.
Semi-Spontaneous SF
July 15th, 2010With a long weekend available after a rather stressful month or more, we decided it was time to get out of town and go on an adventure. Seeing as we have kicked around the idea of traveling north in California for quite a while but never found the time, this turned out to be the weekend with no more excuses.
Another change of direction.
June 18th, 2010It just seems we can’t get things off the ground around here without something outside of our control meddling in plans. That’s all I’ll go into, but suffice it to say our days of tramping around in a vintage travel trailer just got cut short… as in undone for right now. The trailer has however found a new home, and is going to get a full professional restore, and we’ll be eager to see how that turns out for the new happy owners.
The whole situation though has brought us around to re-evaluate everything about our desire to travel far and often, and how those ideas fit into our reality as it is today. Given recent happenings, it seems we’re going to have to push back any trailer / RV purchases for just a little while, and sit tight on the nest egg we have. We’ll also be clinging tighter and tighter to our dreams of course!
For now, until we can move ahead (again), we’re going to make it a point to get out of our neighborhood whenever we have enough free time from work and gas in the car! A small side trip the other weekend turned into a 10 hour road trip up Interstate 5, across the westen california mountains, and down the PCH back home -just because- and it felt SO good.
We’ll be re-investigating all of our previous ideas about a Full-time RV that is right for us, and any “in the meantime” plans and ideas we can come up with, as the end goal is still a handful of years away. So, if you’re still with us (all 3 of you or so), hang on and you can sift through my thinking-out-loud as we go…