Sunday, August 10, 2008

Who says you need to go far to have a nice family vacation?

...Especially when the exceptionally gorgeous central coast of California is just a 5 hour drive away?

I am always in wonderment when we road trip through our home state.  Nowhere else in the world can you have the beach, the desert, ski slopes and world-renowned national parks all within a short(ish) drive.    (Well...OK,  maybe New Zealand qualifies too, but it certainly is *not* the best place to live.)

The beach, in particular on the central California coast is a sight to behold...it really is unlike any other coastline in the world.  Drive through the Pacific Coast Highway or the 101 anywhere from Big Sur all the way down to Santa Barbara and you are in for a visual feast.

I told Dave to kick me next time I have wanderlust and want to shell out about a month's worth of salary on another expensive family trip to Europe.  (NOT recommended with 3 year old twins, by the way, and definitely NOT recommended when the dollar is doing as shi%ty as it is against the British pound sterling and the Euro.  Thanks, Mr. Bush.)

Central coast rocks.
  











1 comment:

just jamie said...

Great shot Clarissa. I look at your kids and think they look so big, so old, so capable. It's hard to link up that MY kids are too. How did they grow so quickly?