Day 19: Lassen Volcanic National Park to Seattle, WA | Total Drive Time: 13 hours | Total Distance: 700 miles I’ll be the first to admit that it was an insane drive home. But after being on the road for 19 days and over 3,000 miles there is an urge to return back home when […]
Days 17, 18: Lassen Volcanic National Park | Total Drive Time: 7 hours | Total Distance: 375 miles We’re back ‘home’! We called this wonderful area home from 2002 to 2004 when we lived at the park headquarters in Mineral. I worked for the Park as a wildland firefighter and Laura taught at the local […]
Days 14, 15, 16: San Jose to South Lake Tahoe | Total Drive Time: 4 hours | Total Distance: 190 miles The last time the Holt brothers camped together was May 2006. There were no kids at the time and we spent Memorial Day weekend at Yosemite National Park. This trip had the addition of […]
Days 12, 13: San Jose, CA | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: 0 miles Our couple days in San Jose were spent celebrating birthdays and relaxing. Ethan celebrated his 5th Birthday and Laura her 33rd Birthday with my family. We BBQ’d, swam, ate cake and finished off with the pinata. To Ethan’s […]
Days 9, 10: Catalina Island | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: 0 miles Our visit to Catalina Island was relaxing and low key (except the part where we thought my Grandma gave the condo to someone else for the week and we were suppose to leave a day early…but it was a […]
Day 8: Disneyland to Avalon, Catalina Island | Total Drive Time: 2 hours | Total Distance: ??? Final day at Disneyland and we found Ethan’s favorite ride: Cars Land Radiator Springs Racers. Laura and I both agree that it was also our favorite. We had planned on doing the Racers today since we had an early 7am […]
Day 7: Disneyland and California Adventures | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: Lots of walked miles We opened Disneyland at 7am. Closed Disneyland at 12am. What a long, exhausting, and terrific day! I’ll let the photos do the talking, but here are some highlights of our second full day at Disneyland and California Adventures. […]
Day 6: Disneyland and California Adventures | Total Drive Time: 0 hours | Total Distance: Lots of walked miles Yes, it was a great day! Our feet are sore from a ton of walking, our bodies are drained from a lot of sun, and our children are passed out in bed without a single peep for the […]
Day 5: San Jose, CA to Disneyland Resort | Total Time: 7 hours | Total Distance: 400 miles We arrived at the Disneyland Hotel today. Except for Laura, who stayed here as a child, none of us had been here before. Having plenty of relatives in the area always meant I never stayed in a hotel when […]
Day 4: San Jose, CA | Total Time: o hours | Total Distance: 0 miles Tomorrow we head to Disneyland. This will be Ethan and Autumn’s first visit to “The Happiest Place On Earth” (happiest?…except for our house, and some killer National Parks, and….nice marketing Walt!) We’re not so much looking forward to our experience as we […]