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An Ode to Pacific Coasting: California (Part 2)
Coast through Central Coast, from Lompoc to Monterey, California.
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An Afternoon at Granville island
Granville Island is the perfect dog-friendly, kids-friendly spot to spend a day at on your visit to beautiful Vancouver.
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SLO: Creamery Marketplace
The Creamery Marketplace is a cool spot in San Luis Obispo in Central Coast. Here’s where we took our visitors on Saturday.
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Hiking Pismo Preserve
Pismo Preserve is a local favourite for hikes, nature-lovers, and photography. The multi-use trails are also open to bikers and equestrians. Here’s what to know about visiting Pismo Preserve.
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An Ode to Pacific Coasting: California (Part 1)
In this series we start from Southern California north on our Pacific Coast Highway trip. Dr Seuss, Bart’s Books, Koba Sushi are some highlights
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Big Sur is reopened
As of January 14, 2026, Highway 1 through Big Sur is re-opened. The work on the last section, Regent’s Slide, was completed ahead of the scheduled date of March 30. Regent’s Slide goes back to February 9, 2024. At the time, a section called Paul’s Slide had already been closed from January 14, 2023. Six…
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Series: An Ode to Pacific Coasting
Introducing the Pacific Coast Series. I recently added Danielle Kroll’s Pacific Coasting to my library and was inspired to do a series of travel posts along the Pacific Coast, from Southern California to Vancouver, Canada.
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Leavenworth and Solvang: Themed Towns of the West Coast
Love Europe? Check out these two towns on the US West Coast. One is known as the Christmas Town.
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Saturday in Arroyo Grande
Saturday brunch at Branch Street Deli, a look inside The Gallery, and a browse through Monarch Books in Arroyo Grande, Central Coast in California.
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Shell Beach, Central Coast Gem
Shell Beach is a quiet seaside neighbourhood in Pismo Beach, Central Coast. Find out why this is the perfect place to stay.
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New Orleans
Reading EA Hanks’ The 10 and revisiting some of the same cities. Her writing is taking me deeper into my own trip to New Orleans, which happened a few years before hers.
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Whale Watching California
Our beautiful whales live in all the oceans in the world, with so many places perfect for whale watching, from the west coast of North America, to Baja, to New Zealand.