Dining around Santa Cruz

Since Santa Cruz, California is a small, beach-side town, we never had to pay our Lyft drivers a fortune. That meant more money to fill our bellies. Our short commutes also resulted in us often walking. Since Pacific Avenue was the nearest district to our AirBnB, many of our belly-filling adventures revolved around this area….

Exploring Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California was one of those domestic locations where Hubs and I explored freely without bias. While I wish I could say it was because we just suddenly packed up and flew, the sad truth was our network of friends were East Coasters at heart- the few who even knew the location of Santa…

VN-VD-VICI CASTLE ROCK

I was lured to the Castle Rock Trail with sweet whispers of waterfalls and wildlife. Although my lover’s heart was partly crushed by not seeing either, I could’ve easily spent a whole day exploring every inch of this trail. Mountains and boulders don’t exist in my Florida flat world—does Space Mountain at Disney count? The…

HALF INTO HOLCOMB VALLEY

I didn’t think my almost-new economy car rental could look like it had climbed out of a quicksand pit– this is the cool mountains for gosh sake!—but it did in the name of history. Holcomb Valley is one of those secret, hidden treasures offered by Big Bear Lake, CA. And I mean treasure literally… well,…