We ate out a lot on our trip, which meant a lot of time deciding where to go, traveling to a restaurant, and then waiting for our large part...

Our last night in California, we decided to go bowling. Just a fun family thing. Peter, Betsey, and Barb used to be on a league, back when...

We got to go sea kayaking, not far from Redondo Beach. That was a lot of fun. (There are places around Tacoma that rent kayaks, but we...

When I was young-ish, it occurred to me that, if La Brea means "the tar," then The La Brea Tar Pits means "the the tar tar p...

We spent a couple of fun hours at Redondo Beach. Karen said that the best time to go to the beach was either in the morning, before it gets...

I've had an unfortunate head cold for a few days and haven't been good for much. We did get out yesterday to see some of the tall s...

The family is growing! Baby Elizabeth was born in January. By next year, we'll be fourteen. How exciting! These were taken at a park ...

This is the tale of our trip to California (which will probably take several posts). Originally we had been thinking about going out to Ohio...