On a Winter's Day...

Hamda had some teeth bits pulled today - so we spent a big part of the day on the couch together. She did great and has perked up quite a bit now, but for awhile she was pretty droopy.  While we hung out on the couch, I spent time outlining the California trip - thanks for all the suggestions. I think we are going to borrow/rent an RV from someone I work with and focus mostly on State Parks. Our trip outline goes something like this

 Day 1: Drive to Ashland, Oregon

 Day 2: Drive and Stay in Redwood National Forest

 Day 3: Stay at a State Park near Santa Cruz

 Day 4: Santa Cruz again

 Day 5: Gaviota State Park near Santa Barbara

 Day 6: Gaviota State Park near Santa Barbara

 Day 7: Drive to Disneyland

 Day 8: Disneyland (for the kids :))

 Day 9: Yosemite

 Day 10: Stockton to visit family - then a long drive home

While I was online trip planning, I checked out airplane fares to Puerto Vallarta. A few years ago we went to Yelapa, Mexico outside of PV and loved it...we have been hoping to try Sayulita next. It is supposed to be a medium sized fishing village with great surfing - no big resorts. I found tickets for $230 (+taxes) and ended up buying round trip tickets for our entire family to go to Sayulita next November. I am very, very excited about all this trip planning.