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CAMPING IN DOS PICOS, CALIFORNIA

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THERE CAN BE FEW THINGS IN LIFE AS WONDERFUL AS SITTING AROUND A ROARING CAMPFIRE MAKING MEMORIES AND S’MORES WITH THE BEST OF FRIENDS.

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THE PURSUIT OF ADVENTURE | FIRST WEEK – Florida and San Diego

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Well we have certainly gotten off to a slow start on this trip!  And that’s just fine by me.  One of my goals for this adventure is to slow down and take my time and enjoy the present without worrying about what the future holds – whether that’s two days into the future or two years into the future.  And so after a couple of days in Big Sur, we headed south to San Diego, where some of our favorite friends live.  We dropped the camper in front of their home in Cardiff, headed for a late night dinner at Pizza Port in Solana Beach, and the next day we were off to Florida for a few days.  Our nephew was being baptized, and conveniently we are temporarily retired and so we have all the time in the world to head back to the East Coast for such a momentous life event as a baptism!  Ryan and I have always said that no matter where in the world we live, we will make it a point to not miss the important family events, and that includes the time that we are on this road trip.    

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Ah, sunny Florida

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The Pursuit of Wanderlust: San Diego

For Labor Day weekend, we headed south to San Diego to visit one of my besties from law school and her husband, who have newly relocated from New York to San Diego – quite a change for them!  I haven’t ever been to San Diego, so I was looking forward to exploring a new part of California and looking forward to seeing two of our favorite people in their new home.  Lots of people have said that we’d love San Diego – it’s a bit of a mix of California and Florida, where we grew up.  While we were only there for a couple days, I’d say that I agree.  Beachy and laid back like Florida, but with California’s mountains and the Pacific that I love so much.
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We drove all the way from San Francisco to San Diego – unfortunately not along the beautiful coast, but through the dusty middle of the state, down the 5.  Particularly dusty with the terrible drought we are in.  We of course brought our furbaby Coconut with us – if we can bring her somewhere, she always comes with us, and she loves a good roadtrip, especially if she can stick her head out the window.  The drive was long but not too bad and we were so happy to finally get there without too much traffic.

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Coconut – the ultimate road tripper

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