5 posts tagged “california”
Last year, it was Albuquerque, this year was supposed to be Iceland... but since I was laid off for four months, my finances are only now starting to recover.
Iceland, even with it's current economic crisis might just be a little on the expensive side... airfare (that I can not use my Skymiles for), hotel (that I can not use my hotel points or get free meals at... you get the picture.)
So, I have settled on a driving tour of the western United States. At first, I was considering a cross country drive and flying home, but scratch that, I'm thinking about doing a circular type tour.
The starting point will either be Denver or Salt Lake City, Up to the Grand Tetons (which I have longed to see) across Montana and Idaho and into Washington State (with so many sights that I want to see that I'll probably stay there a few days) down into Oregon, and continuing on with the obligatory stop in my most favorite favorite city in the world, San Fransisco (where I'm having trouble deciding what to do afterward... go up to Yosemite (which I adore) or drive down to Santa Barbara (but really only to gorge on Danish pastry in Solvang).
I could care less about LA, so I would coast on by on my way to Las Vegas... which I care even less for, but only as a means of getting into Arizona and possibly back to Albuquerque... and perhaps finally see hot air ballons.
I love the west and I really don't know why I don't already live there...
Speaking of travel, I'm off to Boston for my daughter's graduation, basically doing the fly in/fly-out thing. This time tomorrow I'll be sitting under the hot sun and listening to a line of neverending commence speakers... one of which just happens to be Ken Burns (I know, right! I love him)
No thanks to UPS, I finally received my order from the Solvang Bakery! Why they shipped it UPS Ground I have no idea! Oh well, I forgive them!!!
Of course it has to do with food.
I never blogged here about my trip to Solvang, California this past October. But I did over at my TypePad blog.
Anyway, while in Solvang I stuffed my face with danish pastry.
Well, guess what, The Solvang Bakery now has an online store.
Let the villagers rejoice!
My stay in California is winding down. I'm missing all the fall colors in Virginia, and the recent cold snap, and the rain... man, how I need some rain... any sort of humidity will do, because my skin is dry and itchy and my rental car looks like I just drove in from the Sahara.
I'll probably go back to the east coast and reinact that scene from that Sarah, Plain, and Tall movie (oh, shut up, you know you've watched it on Hallmark Hall of Fame) where the kids, who have been living with a drought for nearly a year suddenly hear the rain falling on the roof and they run out and stand in it like they've never seen it before.
What are your plans for the weekend?
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