Oh boy do I have a story about Shelter Cove. When we were searching for a stopping point close to the redwoods and the coast, Shelter Cove came up. The pictures were pleasant and one of the inns had a couple rooms available, so we thought, "Why not?" Let's book it." So it turns out that …
Road Trip
The Redwoods
Despite living in California for most of my life, I'd never seen any redwoods or been to one of the state parks until last summer. As we were heading back home after our stay on the Oregon Coast, we'd planned to split the drive back into two portions (because it was crazy to make a 14-18 drive in …
2 Hours in Portland
You know when you're on a very tight schedule and you start out on track, but then it deteriorates very quickly? That was my family and our planned day trip to Portland last summer. When we drove up to Oregon, we decided to stay on the coast, but we also planned to spend a day in Portland. Here was …
Multnomah Falls
I am back from my whirlwind, two-week vacation on the West Coast and it was absolutely wonderful. I've caught a bad case of the post-vacation blues, but I'm slowly working on easing back into my routine here in the city. Of course, I'm so so behind on my posts, that I'm still recapping the …
Long Walks on the Beach
Remember how I started to recap the impromptu road trip that my family took last summer, but never finished? Even though it's nearly been a year since the trip (in fact, we are currently planning our family trip for this summer!), I thought I'd pick up where I left off. Except, I thought I'd done a …
The Beach House
As I mentioned before, the Bella Beach Bridge House wasn't our initial choice, but it ended up being the perfect one. When we arrived after a very long day of driving, we were so excited to see that the house looked even better than the pictures online. It was located in such a pretty community and …
