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california

erin

Aug 23, 2023 — 2 min read

Our first night in California was an interesting one. At 9:00 PM I got a call from the campground to let us know that we were under a mudslide evacuation warning. Um... what? Luckily we were only staying there for one night on our way down to San Francisco and the mudslide was far enough away that we didn't have to evacuate. Whew.

Yesterday during a quick rest stop visit Olivia found a brochure for the Jelly Belly Factory, which turned out to be right on our route for today. It was a pretty cool stop for a couple hours.

There are two places Emma wanted to go in California - (1) Los Angeles, and (2) In-N-Out Burger. We're not sure if we're going to make it to Los Angeles, but tonight we checked In-N-Out Burger off her list.

family time

The girls and I took a detour on our way to Puerto Rico and stopped in Florida to visit my family while Braden headed to the boat a couple days before us to try to knock some projects out. The last time we were in Jacksonville was in March 2023.

the long days

Putting the boat back in the water is always a mountain to climb. I always underestimate my capacity - so I add time to my estimates and start with the intention to knock everything out in a shorter time frame that I estimated. Since I overestimated, it should be pretty

wrapping up

The leaves are changing. The weather is getting colder. That means our time in Minnesota is coming to an end and it is time to get back to the boat. I mean... just look at this weeks forecast. 80 on Tuesday to snow on Thursday. Before we can get back

washington, dc

A day and a half is nowhere near enough time to see DC, but we tried our best. On Saturday we took a break from the boat show and took the girls to the children's museum. On Monday we hit the ground running early to try to squeeze

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the long days

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washington, dc