Author Archives: jenn

In June, we packed up the camp gear for the first camping trip of the year.  The trip was highly anticipated; however, so many things went wrong.  Jenn left Sacramento with a cold and later burned her fingertips on a candle one night.  Randy forgot to bring a sleeping bag so we had to go … Continue reading »

Over Veteran’s Day weekend, the fam packed up their bags for another family trip.  This time we decided to ditch the tents and camping gear for a luxurious cabin nestled off the shores of Serene Lakes, near Truckee.   We had an amazing time playing board games, video games, snow lubin’ down the small hill behind … Continue reading »

On September 10th, we packed up our bags and went on a 2.5 week New England Tour.   After visiting Europe last May, this vacation was much more relaxing!!  We began our vacation with a trip to New York City.  New York quickly won a place in our hearts! Every nook and cranny was filled with … Continue reading »

Over Labor Day weekend, we packed up the camp gear and joined the family on another camping trip!  This time, we decided to drive north to the armpit of CA…Burney!  The weekend was filled with lots of waterfalls in the area, which made all the hikes in the hot sun worthy.  Here’s yet another review … Continue reading »

On August 21, 2010, we decided to go on a daycation and head east towards San Francisco.  Our love for trees lead us to Muir Woods. In 1908, Muir Woods was designated the 10th National Monument for the US.   This marked the first time in history that a private individual, William and Elizabeth Kent, donated … Continue reading »

For our annual camping trip with the Youngin’s, we went to Plasse’s Resort at Silver Lake.  After spending 30-45 minutes at the wrong campsites, we drove to Kirkwood to get cell service.  We made a few calls to find out the correct location and finally made our way to Plasse’s Resort.  Plasse’s was founded in … Continue reading »

For our annual camping trip with family, we decided to head to the coast and visit Henry Cowell State Park.   The park was amazing…see below for our review! Henry Cowell State Park – June 2010 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Location: Near Felton on Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains Amenities: Flushing toilets … Continue reading »

Surprisingly, we have fallen in love with camping!  Last year was the first year that we began our love affair with the outdoors.  I guess it’s the smell of the fresh air mixed with the smoke from the fire pits, the sound of the crackling sticks and leaves underfoot, and the feeling of being one … Continue reading »

We’ve always used this site as a means to share photos with friends and family and never as a blog.  So, here goes…we’re going to try this blog thing out. Today has been a long day of posting pics and catching up with our site.  We like the fact that we can store photos remotely … Continue reading »

Welcome to our new site!!!  It’s been a long time since we’ve updated it and we hope you like it.  Believe me, it would have been nice if we could have stuck with the old…BUT…I had to have the big “Japanese Tourist” camera with all the bells and whistles.  Our old site had photo upload … Continue reading »