California Travel Blogs - Page 14

9 days in an Amazing State !!

Awhile back I was able to travel with some family and check out San Diego. I was excited about the opportunity to travel outside of Az... i mean why not? The sun, beaches, attractive girls... in my head i was already there!Like good fashion we left through phoenix, heading toward tucson... we figur…

a freakin awesome camping trip/ birthday celebration/going away party/ meteor shower watching/ just an amazing weekend with friends.

I fell in love with this place as soon as we got there. Possibly the most relaxed and friendly atmosphere I've ever encountered. Beautiful beaches, really cool locals, great food, great weather!

I'm one of those people who don't really get too excited about anything until it's actually happening. Although I leave in less than 48 hours for a 5-week trek around Eastern Europe, I don't think the reality of the situation has set in yet. It was like this when I left to study abroad in Rome, too…

It's funny, it's been about a year and a half since I got back from Portugal. Done a lot of traveling since then, met a lot of people, learned some things along the way. Despite the fact that I don't really talk to any of the team members from that trip - I've kept in surprisingly good touch with t…

With temperatures well into the 90s it was a good day for a trip to the mountains.  It's always cooler up at the higher elevations and the relief from the heat would be a nice welcome benefit.  Even with gas prices at $3.45 per gallon it's worth it.  Remember, I drive a hybrid so I g…

Group of friends joined me, got together and celebrated my late birthday  at the Geisha House, a sushi place in Hollywood. Since i was in Vegas attended my best friend's wedding, i did'nt really get a chance to celebrate my birthday so i thought i would invite my friends to have a mini get tog…

As my plane approached LAX my hands started to get wet. The last time I landed at LAX my plane had to make an emergency take off to avoid a plane still on the runway but this time as we descended for landing an air hostess was sitting right in front of me and noticed my nerves, so she started to ta…

America has some amazing natural sites, and we have only seen a handfull in our years here. Before we left the West Coast we wanted the chance to see just a couple more, and the first was Yosemite. So yesterday, having packed up all our bags in Seattle and said our goodbyes to all our wonderful…

I was ready to chicken out on going to my first meet-up since I didn't know anyone, but Joy wouldn't let me off the hook. She told me I was going and didn't have a choice. She said I'd have fun, and darn it, she was right!

a fellow traveler sent me a message like this many months ago, and i wanted to bring the smile that came to my face, to the faces of the people that i've met along my path. as i sort through a seemingly endless stream of pictures, i can look back on the last 210ish days with an o…

yippie, snow in toronto when i woke up last morning! it doesn't really count as snow for the locals (there were at least 2m missing for that) but it was good enough for me! i even got an original canadian pancakes, maple syrup and ham breakfast! a good start in a day that turned out to be quite…

 A lot of people have been asking what made me decide to take this trip.  While it was partly the impetus of seeing the world and learning about people, it was mostly the fact that Bonnie and I were about to lose our rent-controlled sublet.  As those of you who live in a metropolitan…

Welcome to my travel blog. We only live ONCE (unless you are Buddhist) - and lately I wanted to do something about that. So I decided to explore the world (and myself) and make some-kind-of pilgrimage to learn and absorb all I can, and to give what I can. So, I left what I have to find what I don't…