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Wrap it up, I’ll take it.

We got out of the apartment quick this morning, as we wanted to use up the last of our 24 hour bus tour. The closest stop was at the Hyde park corner, near Marble Arch, so we took a nice park walk on...

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Two Day Fare (with a hell of a tip)

Well, after a summer of ungodly work and ridiculous stress, we are finally off for vacation again. I think that forcing myself to write again is probably the best thing that I do to myself each...

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Listen! Do you smell something?

We debated on getting an early start, or even having a first-day destination for our trip. making the final decision to blow the hell out of town was easy, and after a bit of farting around, we decided...

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No matter where you go, there you are

Despite the heat, we actually slept well, and were up early. Wanting to not miss breakfast probably also factored into not spying in, as we have learened in the past that the free hotel breakfast can...

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Free Parking

Sitting in our room, we wait for the fireworks to start over the park. Our window has the perfect view of Anaheim and the Disneyland park including the full evening fireworks show. But tonight, high...

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You don’t need a magic feather!

Our final days in Disneyland were a blast. Taking a whole week really means that you can take a lot more time doing nothing instead of rushing the parks like a military assault. We took a full day just...

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Uncorked

We are back in wine country again. This is our third trip here, and we are staying on the Sonoma side again. Yulia found us a great hotel on a golf course south of Santa Rosa, and having a big place to...

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Told him we already got one

I love walking through the hotel in nothing but a robe and underpants. It makes me feel like I’m getting my money’s worth. One of the goals of our trip this time was to avoid the madcap drive from...

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My hovercraft is full of eels

We have loved the food everywhere in California. We found a little breakfast place just south of our hotel, called the Redwood cafe. It was right in the center of Cotati, and had a great selection of...

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Tickets, Please!

For our last day in California, we decided to skip the wineries and spend the day in San Francisco. We were only about 50 miles away, so it was pretty easy drive into town. The Golden Gate was...

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What day is it anyway?

Into a small wine glass, squeeze the juice of one lime wedge. Add one shot Repisado Tequila. Drink. Repeat as required. We are now on vacation. I would normally start vacation writing early, but things...

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Repent – to the left, to the left…

The internet connection in this hotel  is fucking marvelous. It’s like being back in 1994. Thank god I’m too drunk to actually care. The ocean this morning was a damn blender. huge waves were crashing...

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I thought there wasn’t going to be any math…

Winds and waves were lower this morning.  So we made plans to get a water taxi to take us across the bay to Lover’s Beach and the Arch. The upside to being offered a taxi every few feet on our walk...

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Back of my neck gettin’ dirty and gritty

We had originally planned at going to the 4th of July event at our resort, but after seeing the debacle of the Latin Dance show, and that the food was a nightmare, we didn’t bother planning for that....

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Who’s the U-Boat Commander?

Our snorkeling cruise wasn’t until 1pm, so we didn’t have to rush in the morning. That’s the one problem with a lot of tours they tend to start pretty early. This gave us time for breakfast, and to...

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Working for the Weekend

For the weekend, we took a bit of a rest. (note: I had to look it up to figure out that it was the weekend. ) Saturday was spent with me at poolside, learning that you can still get sunburnt through a...

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Trying to Reason with Hurricane season

So, that happened. Hurricane Erick, downgraded to a Tropical Storm. ...Erick moving generally parallel to the coast of the Baja California peninsula... summary of 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...information...

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And his liver grew three sizes that day…

The staff was working all morning to erase any indication that we had just been hit with a storm. The cushions were back out, the umbrellas were up, and they were literally drying the walkways with...

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Mr. Disney, he dead…

The new terminal at the San Jose Cabo airport is a huge improvement over the old one. You can really see the impact of the tourism dollars, the old terminal was just a bit better than a Quonset Hut...

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Oh Mickey you’re so fine

The nice thing about traveling to Disney is that we fall into a pretty good routine. We go often enough that we aren’t in a rush anymore to try to do everything at once. Also, Sasha is older now, and...

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