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At the end of December we headed south to San Diego for a long weekend in celebration of our 12th anniversary. Our destination: the San Diego Wild Animal Park. We'd talked about going for years but never made the trip....
Just on the edge of town in Kyoto is Arashiyama. The touristy prefecture is famous for cherry blossoms in spring and brilliant orange maples in the fall. The timing wasn't right for either but no matter. We were there for the monkeys.
The last day of my 2007 trip to Japan we visited the city of Nara just to the south of Kyoto. Nara is famous for two things: Todai-ji and the many tame deer that roam the city.
Our carpet was approaching 8 years old so and after two kids it was beginning to show. We opted to replace the floor with hardwood during our kitchen remodel.
I woke us up at the crack of dawn today for our whale watching tour. Sound familiar? That's because we did the same thing yesterday morning. This attempt, though, we arrived at the right time, the right place and the right day.
Today we visited Pu'uhonua o Honaunau, also called "Place of Refuge." This was a very sacred site for Hawaiians in ages past. In addition to learning a little Hawaiian history here we were also treated to our first turtle-spotting.
Marla, Emma and Henrry went to the Aquarium of the Pacific on a Mom's Club outing in January and had such a good time they bought family passes immediately. They paid a second visit with Granma and Granpa Northcutt (and...
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We were taking a relaxing walk in the canyon across the street (O'Neill Regional Park) Saturday night when we spotted a snake slithering through the bushes. Being the fine father that I am I wanted to responsibly show my children...
I took far too long a hike in the Arroyo Trabuco Wilderness. Came back sunburned, but had a great time. I suspect the round trip was approximately 7 miles or so. If you check out the 2nd map in the...
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