Sunday, May 11, 2008

Spring break continued

We had two choices for this trip, take our diesel truck and trailer and camp or we could rent a prius and go to hotels. After sitting down and figuring out how much each would cost we spent half as much on the prius (including rental) because diesel is totally outrageous anymore! This is the highest price we found for gas on our whole trip, it was in Cambria, but everything was more expensive there.

When in Rome! I love the central coast, sometimes I feel as though the entire "green movement" is a bit much there. I love the earth and yes, I do recycle and do my best to be eco friendly, I just don't like having it shoved down my throat.


Gum alley in San Luis Obispo! The kids loved it and even got to add their own gum. Did you know Seattle has one of these also! We found it last year on our anniversary trip. I wonder which was started first? I'm guessing Seattle.

The next few days of our trip were spent, playing at the park,

going to the zoo,



playing at the beach,


perfecting boogey boarding skills,

and going to Hearst castle! This is one of the "small" guest houses,

outdoor pool,

Main house, or Casa Grande,

indoor pool.

At this rate I should be posting about this week for at least a month!

7 comments:

Sherie Christensen said...

Wow! That sounds like a great vacation. I loved all of the pictures. Are your kids good at riding in cars? Mine occasionally get car sick and aren't good at staying in for hours at a time. CA is as far as we've been and we stopped for one night on the way there and back.

Leah Dozier said...

They all do really well. On our way there we drove straight through. 12 hours is a long time but they all did really well!

Trena said...

Leah - your children are so beautiful! Colby takes my breath away! And so does those gas prices! Crazy!!

Anonymous said...

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Jessica Stier said...

What a fun trip!!! I love the idea of renting a fuel efficient car and just driving. I love road trips!
You've got some really great photos here. I love the gum alley one. I'm going to have to look for that next time I'm in Seattle. I grew up close to Seattle and didn't even know about that.

Katie said...

That is sooo fun!! That Steve is sure a worker, I'm glad he took the time off. Everything is just more fun when Daddy is around. What a great vacation, I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of it!

KASEY said...

Love that gum wall! I'd like to see that.