-Edna Valley Wine Trip-

Wow, what a day. A fantastically beautiful day on our Wine Tasting Bus Tour in Edna Valley of San Luis Obispo County. Such a fun time while riding the bus along Highway 101. The sky was clear, the hills were green and the weather was warm on this first week in Feburary. Thanks to Steve and Diane for inviting us on a very fun day trip up the California Coast with some great people. To view a view of the phots just click on "Edna Valley Wine Trip."

-Legoland Vacation-

We took a chance and it worked out perfectly. The weather in January is usually a rainy one in California, but not this weekend. The weather was fantastic. Clear, warm, no wind on a great Southern Cal day in Oceanside. We set up shop at the nice WorkMark Oceanside before heading out to eat at Bubba Gumps. The next day we stayed until closing at the Carlsbad Legoland with Heather, Collin and Matt. Sooooo much fun. This place is great for 2-8 year olds. Bring a camera along for those great shots. View the photos by clicking on "Legoland Vacation Photos."

-Santa Rosa Holidays Hike-

20 years ago the distance runners from Newbury Park High School use to run on these trails. But with development, washouts, fires, old age (Mike's) the trails have been "lost" for quite some time. Well, thanks to Ventura County Park and Recs a new foot bridge was installed to cross the Callegas Creek. With a new bridge, new park and lots of foot trails off Mike went to "rediscover" this beautiful part of Ventura County between Moorpark, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks. After a little more than two hours only a few of the trails were viewed. More for next time I think. Click on "Santa Rosa Park Photos" to see a view fun pics.

-A Thanksgiving Michigan Visit-

Well, most of the Tregos joined with some of the Stewarts in a Thanksgiving Holiday visit in Kalamazoo. The weather worked out pretty well with rainy days alternating with sun. We were lucky to miss the snow, although it did drop 4 inches the afternoon we departed to Memphis. John and Debbie were great hosts having to put up with alternating families for 10 days. The visit was great and the dinner was fantastic. It was so much fun visiting with that side of the family. I have posted a few photos. Just click on "Michigan Thanksgiving Photos" to view them.

Being retired has its definite advantages. We obviously get to take a "vacation" anytime. So it was with our trip to the Coachella Valley. We stayed in our timeshare at the WorldMark Indio Resort. Wow, what a place! The best one of the group we have stayed at thus far. After a days worth of wind we were greeted to wonderful fall desert temps in the low 80's. We were able to make use of the resort amenities as well as visit the eastern side of the Salton Sea and the small town of Niland and it's Salvation Mountain. It was worth the drive just to see what one man, Leonard, has done the past 40 years with adobe dirt and paint. Amazing! We also got in a few bikes rides, played some golf (well Nancy did) and won a few dollars at the local casinos. Click on "Indio Vacation Photos" to view some of our pics of the adventure. Check back again, as we upload more photos.

-Happy Birthday Devun-

Well, we are so happy to announce a new addition to the Stewart clan. His name is Devun Matthew Stewart, born on September 29th at 1am in Mammoth Lakes, California to Trevor Stewart and Katie Elwell! Because Devun was born a month early and had some complications, he was airlifted out to Loma Linda University in Redlands for better care. As of today, October 16, Devun has progressed so well that he is now off all tubes and doing fine with mom in the Inland Empire. Hopefully he continues to improve so he can go home this week and enjoy his new life in the mountains. Congrats to Katie and Trev, they should be wonderful parents!

-Our Oregon Adventure-

45 days on the road in our 5th wheel trailer. Sounds like fun right? You bet it does! Nancy and I decided to dive into our retirement with an extended camping trip up north. Our destinations basically revolved around our Thousand Trails Membership campgrounds. It allows us to stay for FREE! Our only real cost is the gas to get there. Luck for us, kind of, gas in Oregon got as low as $3.65 a gallon. About 40 cents cheaper then in California. We started with great weather, but it began to rain more as we got closer to the Washington border. Hopefully, it changes as we head back south. See you soon! Click on "Oregon Vacation Photos" to see the slideshow of the pictures we took. Also, click on "slideshow" to view them better.

-Big Bear Lake Vacation-

It is nice to get a bunch of things done at one time. So was it with our mini-vacation to Big Bear Lake. Since the time we took over Carroll's WorldMark timeshare we have always wanted to visit one located at Big Bear Lake. Well, low and behold there just happened to be a new charity bike ride on the first weekend in August. So, guess what? We headed to Big Bear to rest and relax from our strenuous retirement life and participate in a fun bike ride around the lake and visit the timeshare. But some added treats were to visit with my former working partner and friend Marty and his family at their vacation cabin on the lake and head down the mountain to also visit with the Erquiagas and play with CJ's new blocks that Grandma bought him. What a great time with great weather, so much fun. View some of our photos by clicking on "Big Bear Lake Vacation Photos."

-A Family Camping Trip-

What better way to spend some time together with the family then to go camping! So we all headed south towards the San Diego area to camp at our membership campground at Thousand Trails Pio Pico inland from Chula Vista. What a great time we all had walking, talking, visiting and making use of the campgrounds amenities. Obviously, three days was way to short a time to take in everything offered. Maybe next time. The weather was fantastic and so was the camping. Such fun. To see how much fun we al had just click on "Pio Pico Camping Photos" to view the pics.

-Country Coast Classic Weekend-

We headed into our favorite section of the California Central Coast, Cambria. Here we stayed for a few days at the Cambria Shores Inn. This year was our annual trek to Cambria for the charity ride of the "Country Coast Classic." Here we rode from Cambria up scenic Highway 1 to our turn around destination at Ragged Point. Such a beautiful bike ride along the beautiful coastline. We started in overcast and drizzly weather but finished in sunny and wonderful tailwind weather. At the finish we were looking forward to the lunch of grilled salmon at Shamel Park. Mike did his "traditional" ride from Cambria to San Luis Obispo on Sunday morning. We had a great weekend. See just a few of the photos by clicking on "Cambria Weekend Photos." Oh, BTW, did you know it was our 25th Anniversary?!