Another beautiful spot we visited on our 2010 honeymoon was Point Lobos State Reserve in Carmel,CA. The day was a bit dreary, but the weather did nothing to diminish the incredible, wild beauty of this place. Meadows were filled with so many new-to-me colorful coastal scrub plants and seals slept lazily in rocky coves. From December to […]
In the summer of 2010, Jeff and I went on a road-trip honeymoon through California. One of my favorite memories was of visiting Hearst Castle, which is perched high on a peak of the St. Lucia Hills in Southern California. At the base of the road that winds up to the estate is a cool […]
Balboa Park is 1,200 acres of museums, gardens, and open space overlooking downtown San Diego. The Botanical Building and its famous Lily Pond were built for the 1915-1916 World’s Fair Panama-California Exposition and it still stands as one of the largest wood lath structures in the world. While Jeff and I were visiting family in San […]