Mention that you are spending time in San Diego, California, and it won’t take long for someone to tell you that you HAVE to visit the San Diego Zoo.  Well we did just that when our friends Barry and Melissa were in town visiting!  I’ve been to a lot of zoos, and it’s […]

  Cities are fun, but sometimes you just need to retreat to the mountains.  Lucky for us, the mountains are easily accessible from San Diego!  Never in a million years would I have guessed that just an hour beyond the hustle and bustle of San Diego sits the sleepy little town of Julian, a historic […]

  “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.  Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.  The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”   – John Muir   If I had to come up with my […]

    John Muir said it best:  “The mountains are calling and I must go.”  One of my favorite things about San Diego is that though they’re off in the distance, the mountains are a part of many scenic views.  We were glad for the chance to have several days to escape the hustle and […]

    The more time we spend in San Diego, the more I am learning about the way things are around here.  To sum it up, it is completely different than Ohio, and it just might be safe to say that it’s different than anywhere else in the US too.  In the best ways possible […]

  If you are reading this today from the East coast….I am sorry about all the snow.  After two weeks in San Diego, I’m starting to forget that the white fluffy stuff does indeed exist in other parts of the world.  But thank you to so many of our friends for sending us pictures of […]