We only had one day to spend in Portland, Oregon and it was a scorcher. We decided to do our neighborhood roaming in the morning and then find indoor spots for most of the day. We then met friends for dinner. A) Alberta Street in the NE section. We drove up and down Alberta & […]
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Portland, Oregon
October 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Categories: Places to Go · Route Planning · Travel
Tags: · oregon, photos-misc
Mt Shasta Area/Panther Meadows (California)
September 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Our first day of travel from Petaluma, CA to Vancouver, BC was our worst. We took I-5 and, despite keeping the A/C on recirculate and me being on oxygen, I got pretty sick from the pesticide exposures driving past all the agriculture. Miriam was in even worse shape. Screaming, tantrums, and two episodes of extreme […]
Categories: Campgrounds · Parks · Picnics · Places to Go · Travel
Tags: · northern california, photos-family, photos-food, photos-places
Champoeg State Park (Oregon)
September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Unlike our misadventure of the night before, our two night stay at Champoeg State Park, just south of Portland and north of Salem, was peaceful, quiet, and medically uneventful. We arrived with concerns. Since it was a weekend, and we were only booking a few days in advance, there were just two campsites left. I […]
Categories: Campgrounds · Museums · Parks · Picnics · Places to Go · Travel
Tags: · oregon, photos-family, photos-food, photos-misc, photos-places
Indian Mary Park (Merlin, Oregon)
September 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments
The first overnight stop on our road trip from Petaluma, California to Vancouver, Canada, was in Southern Oregon at the Indian Mary Campground in Merlin. By Google Maps, it’s 410 miles and a 6:30 hour drive. With extensive stops, it was more like 9 or 10 hours. Indian Mary Park Uninc Josephine County, Oregon 7100 […]
Categories: Campgrounds · Family Life · Health · Parks · Picnics · Places to Go · Playgrounds · Travel
Tags: · MCS, oregon, photos-family, photos-places
Foodlab Gathering: Los Angeles, CA, 3/17/08
April 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments
Foodlab is an internet mailing list for sharing recipes, tips, support and more while discovering and living with food allergies/intolerances. Monica started the list a couple of years ago, after realizing that off-topic discussions of food allergies were starting to take over a parenting list. Most of the folks on Foodlab (the active posters anyway) […]
Categories: Food · Food Commentary · Meals & Events · Travel
Tags: · asian food, dairy-free, egg-free, fermented foods, gluten-free, latin food, los angeles, lowcarb, photos-family, photos-food, photos-friends, raw food, seafood, vegan, vegetarian
San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles along Highway 101
March 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments
There are basically two ways to drive between the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles or San Diego: 101 or 5. I took I-5 for years, and it is the fastest route, but it goes through hours of agricultural areas and just isn’t safe for me anymore. Add in a 3 year old who […]
Categories: Parks · Places to Go · Playgrounds · Rest Stops · Route Planning · Travel
Tags: · MCS, photos-family, photos-misc, photos-places
San Francisco to Petaluma in only 13 hours!
January 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Wow, great time, Cyndi. Umm…wait a minute…aren’t those two cities only 35 miles apart? That’s right, an hour drive turned into a 13 hour trip. Despite the nasty weather, Miriam and I drove to San Francisco yesterday around noon. The rain was pounding and visibility was pretty awful, so we drove slowly. Plus a piece […]
Categories: Travel · Weather
Tags: · marin county, petaluma, san francisco, sonoma county