Cave Kayaking, The Wet Version

Remember that time we went to the Channel Islands and I promised that we'd share pictures from our underwater camera?  We finally got around to having them developed!  They came out with a very grainy patina, which I actually really love.

Here we are gearing up.

It was such a beautiful day.

From inside of a cave.

A harbor seal was very curious about us that day.

Look at us pretending like we didn't argue all day about which way to paddle.

The end of the day.

Hooray for traditional film photography.

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Road Trip: Last But Not Least, Napa

Our last stop on the road trip was Napa Valley and it was actually perfect.  We got to do tons of our favorite things and just generally relax before heading back to San Jose.

Turns out, most of our favorite Napa stuff is eating things. We started out with a trip to Fremont Diner.

They have a dog friendly patio.

Also chicken friendly.

The best oyster po'boys you'll ever find.

We also went to Chandon.

It's our favorite because the grounds are just so beautiful and it's laid back. Also dog friendly!

We finished off the evening with *the* most romantic and cozy table at PRESS.

Which means, of course, that the next day we hit Farmstead on the way out of town.

Best chocolate pie that has ever or will ever exist.

Can you believe that's the end of a 2 week road trip?! I think Eddy and Norman could believe it.

It absolutely could not have been a better vacation!

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Road Trip: Goodbye Tahoe

When we were living in CA, we went to Tahoe just about every winter.  We wanted to make sure on our road trip to swing through, this time in the spring!

The first thing we did was take Norman to check out a waterfall.

If it looks like he hates sitting on my lap, that's because it's true. He just could not get very sure footing on the rocks by this fall. However, he did have pretty sure footing in the snow.

It was just a really beautiful area.

Next we went to, surprise surprise, a beach!

This one was rocky, though, and that water was icy cold. When we got here, I warned Eddy not to throw the tennis ball further into the lake than he wanted to go to retrieve it since I know Norman doesn't like to swim when the water is cold. Next thing I knew, Eddy was stripping off his pants to get a ball that went too far out!

Oh, that Eddy!

In the afternoon, we found a beautiful little trail down by the Truckee River.

Eddy climbed up on this river rock.

And you know if Eddy did it Norman would have to do it too.

With all of this excitement, it wasn't too log before Norman decided he had enough excitement for one day.

Don't worry, though. By early next morning he was back at it again!

Goodbye beautiful Tahoe! We will miss you!

Next up: Napa and the end of the road trip!

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Road Trip: We Saw All of the Joshua Trees

We went to Joshua Tree NP and saw all of the Joshua trees while on our road trip!

This isn't even very many!

(Be totally unimpressed by the density of those Joshua trees.)

We pretty much saw the whole park including this beautiful view, which we were a bit to hasty to capture in a way that does justice to the view seeing as it was aggressively windy that day!

We saw tons of plant life.

Eddy always has to touch the sharp plants.

And we saw lots of rocks.

Eddy climbed a few of them.

We ended the day with my favorite Joshua Tree NP attraction: the cholla garden.

It was incredible! So many tricolored chollas!

But really the best part of the day was the delicious BBQ and weird live music we saw at this joint after a long day in the park.

Pappy and Harriets! If you're ever in the area do. not. miss. it.

Next up: Vegas, baby!

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Road Trip: San Diego and More

We spent a little time in San Diego on our road trip, but we also did a couple of little side trips while we were there.

The first side trip we took was to the Getty, one of my favorite museums in the world.

We saw two great special exhibitions, Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium and Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings and Prints. Both so good, especially the latter.

Also we took pictures of ourselves all over the grounds, which, let's face it, is the most important thing to do while visiting the Getty.

Also we took a little day trip to Tijuana.

I'm just going to be 100% honest and admit that the best thing we saw while we were in Mexico was this giant table of cheese. It smelled amazing.

We did manage to see a thing or two in San Diego as well, our favorite of which were the gardens in Balboa Park. Did I mention that Eddy loves to touch sharp plants?

I mostly just stand next to them. Exhibit A.

Exhibit B.

Not gonna lie. We also took Norman to Dog Beach in San Diego.  Again.

For Norman, this trip was basically one beach after another.

The next installment of the road trip chronicle is Joshua Tree NP!

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