Week 2 in Encinitas

So, now we'll let you know what we did the 2nd week in Encinitas. This is the beach we went to pretty much everyday. It was called Stonesteps Beach.

And here's why it's called stonesteps beach....here's the view from the beach looking up to the road!

And here's the view looking down to the beach! There are 127 steps total...what a workout!

Went to Balboa Park one day to go to the IMAX theater. Here is a cool building in Balboa Park.

The IMAX theater is housed in the Reuben J. Fleet Science Center and after the movie "Born to be Wild", we explored all the fun, interactive exhibits.

Mari and Maya were "torturing"...oops, I mean helping Lea with a cool aging exhibit.

Maya checking out an exhibit.

As we would be out on our back deck, we would always see flocks of pelicans fly overhead....and sometimes, they would be rather close overhead.

Just couldn't get enough of these astounding sunsets--just gorgeous!

Kirk and I also made the drive to Newport Beach to go to the temple with our good friend Justine. (San Diego had just closed for their 2 week cleaning)

Our good friend from San Francisco, Mary Katharine flew down to play with us for a couple of days.

Here's the girls playing in the surf.

Here's Kirk and me with a good friend we met while Kirk and her husband (ex-husband now) were getting treatment in Loma Linda. It was fun to reconnect with her.
Stay tuned for week 3 of being a nomad! (Ok, I"ll give you a hint...it's VERY HOT where we are now!)

The Adventure Begins...

Our month long adventure has begun! We got the TV working in "Black Sabbath" so the girls were able to watch movies and play the Wii. This kept them entertained for the long car ride. From Jackson, we drove to Utah and saw both newlyweds and Grandma and Grandpa. Then the next day we headed to Las Vegas and stayed in "old" Vegas down on Fremont Street. It was fun to people watch. Then the next day, we headed to California where we had rented a beach house in Encinitas.


We arrived at the beach house only to find out it was a condo. After spending days cleaning our house in Jackson to a certain standard the girls were appalled at the state of the condo. It was gross. Maya just couldn't help herself as I found her wiping the fridge down! And yes, we called the company and they sent over cleaners to clean!
Here's the view from our condo--on the beach!