Our last stop in Adelaide was a short stint in Sydney with the Ettridges in Double Bay. Lisa and I hadn’t been to Sydney since […]
Travels
Yorke Peninsula
We had an action packed few days on Yorke Peninsula with the Brown clan, great to get over there to meet Louis and see the […]
The Tweed Coast
We jumped at the opportunity to stop in on Todd and Celia on the picturesque Tweed Coast on our way to Adelaide this week, it […]
Harvest Trip to Oregon
While Mum was in the peak of harvest the three of us took a trip to Oregon this last weekend. One of my earliest memories […]
Weekend in Visalia
A quick weekend trip down to see the Bakkers in Visalia
The Eastern Sierras
Our camping trip through Yosemite and the Eastern Sierras. June Lake, Mammoth Lakes, Bishop Creek, the Long Valley Caldera, Bodie, Grover Hot Springs, Carson City and the American River.
A Weekend in Avila
Awesome weekend visiting the McGarrys down in Avila Beach. Great to get back to SLO and enjoy some beach time with the kids!
Honduras
It’d been almost two-and-a-half years since our week in French Polynesia with the Bakkers, way too long between tropical sojourns. This time we had our […]
Park City
Our week in Park City!
Christmas in Australia
We ventured to Adelaide for Christmas this year, the first time we’ve been in Adelaide for the holiday season since 2009. The jet lag rule […]
Disneyland!
Lisa had to host a winemaker dinner at Steakhouse 55 at Disneyland on Friday night, she also visited some clients around the Anaheim area whilst […]
A Birthday Down Under
Lilia turned two last week so we took the opportunity to enjoy some of the last days of summer in Australia and celebrated the end […]
French Polynesia
Sitting on BART (the train) on the way to the airport to meet Lisa and Lilia for our flight to Papeete, the capital city of […]
Glacier National Park
From the Quintero’s in Cascade we made the roughly three hour drive northwest across the wide open plains of central Montana to the eastern reaches […]
Central Montana
A couple of weeks ago family Valtenbergs ventured east to central Montana to catch up with Lisa’s uncle as he made his way on his […]
Death Valley
Neither Lisa or I had ever visited Death Valley National Park and December and January are supposedly the best months to visit climate wise, so […]
Melbourne and the Stobie Wedding
From Adelaide we shot over to Melbourne for a few days to attend a wedding between my cousin Amy and her fiancé Andrew. We bunked […]
Adelaide
We’re just finishing up an almost two week visit to my home town of Adelaide, Lilia is now quite the little traveler after an almost […]
New Brighton State Beach
Lisa took Lilia for her first camping trip this week as they ventured south to New Brighton State Beach with Carol, Greg, the Westobys and […]
Our Walkabout
Link to our other website cataloging our travels through Europe, Southeast Asia and around Australia during 2009 and 2010: Our Walkabout