So after a wonderful week in Bodega Bay we set off on our first move to Nevada city. We decided to visit this area as we wanted to explore the gold rush that happened here and hopefully learn about the mining that went on. Arriving late Saturday afternoon at our new Airbnb home, our hosts kindly invited us out with them and their family to a Halloween dinner at their local church. So after a quick freshen up and a quick diy Halloween costume session for the girls we set off not knowing what a wonderful Continue reading
Month: October 2016
A day in San Francisco
After a fascinating morning at Alcatraz we then set off to explore the city! Not before a quick stop at fishermans wharf to see the sea lions at pier 39, and then a delicious hamburger lunch at the traditional diner Johnny Rockets! Continue reading
Alcatraz!
I thought this deserved its own post!
We booked our trip to Alcatraz a few weeks ago as we had heard it’s so popular and gets booked up. So we were so pleased that the day we booked turned out to be a stunning day with clear blue skies and warm sunshine. Continue reading
A couple of busy days…Armstrong Redwoods, the Marine Mammal Centre and the Golden Gate Bridge!
Well we’ve had a busy couple of days over here! Not put off by the storm that just passed through, we traveled north to the Armstrong Redwoods. Wow were they impressive! We Continue reading
Beautiful Bodega Bay beach
After our early bedtime last night (the girls were asleep at 5pm) we were all perfectly wide awake at 2am! 😳 thank you jet lag! Thankfully however we managed to doze, read, and generally chill till 6am when we got up and made varing types of breakfast with bread and eggs (the only food we picked up last night!)..scrambled, boiled, eggy bread, toast with cut out eggs in middle!
So today’s first port of call was a supermarket! So washed and dressed off we set to Continue reading
And so the adventure begins!
Well the day finally arrived! I think I’ve been in a bit of a blur this last week with all the last minute organising, school activities and goodbyes to friends and family! So just a quick summary of the longest day ever!!!!(so Molly tells me!) Up early all dashing around getting washed and ready to go…savouring that last cup of PGtips! Got to the airport with lots time, started our new airport game spotting people with strange clothes/belonging….winner goes to the lady in front of us taking a gigantic twisted antelope horn through security 😳 Continue reading
What a lovely evening!
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to our farewell drinks last night. It was so nice to see you all and enjoy our last child free evening for quite a while with such great friends.
We hope you all didn’t get too wet on the way home and don’t have heavy heads today!
Much love
Lucy and Den xx