tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post7100804420441148238..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: California Car Trip 2011 - The Award Show VersionCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-4519998924795906752011-09-29T21:08:13.455-07:002011-09-29T21:08:13.455-07:00Sounds like a great trip! You hit up some great pl...Sounds like a great trip! You hit up some great places (Carmel? To die for. If I ever win the lottery...well, no, I"m not sure I could afford it even then...)Gingerhttp://rambleramble.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-76445263215636879852011-09-29T12:12:25.516-07:002011-09-29T12:12:25.516-07:00Thanks, everyone!
@SpanishProf, @nicoleandmaggie...Thanks, everyone! <br /><br />@SpanishProf, @nicoleandmaggie- I wouldn't say Merced is an awesome place. But it wasn't terrible, either, and Applegate Park is quite nice, with a nice path along the river. There are some very nice houses near the park.<br /><br />And we had an awesome Mexican food dinner. <br /><br />I'll probably have more to say about Merced in a later post, as I write up the details of the trip.<br /><br />Just about my only complaint with Kidspace was that it was more than we could see in the time we had. I thought it was a really nice kids museum. I suspect it gets ridiculously busy on weekends, though- we were there on a weekday and even then we had to wait for the bikes, etc.<br /><br />@SteveB- I think low expectations are the best way to go! That is probably why we loved our trip to Boise so much. It may also be why we enjoyed Sacramento so much. But I had high expectations for the beer (UC Davis has a brewmaster's program), and they were mostly met, even for two jaded San Diego beer drinkers (we really are spoiled here with so many good local brews).Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-71215832805277026202011-09-29T11:38:14.780-07:002011-09-29T11:38:14.780-07:00So Merced isn't so bad after all? I've nev...So Merced isn't so bad after all? I've never been there, but I have friends working there and they certainly don't like the city. But they have a 1-1 teaching load (I'm not kidding!) so I don't really pity them too much.Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-84410352997849260552011-09-28T06:09:00.379-07:002011-09-28T06:09:00.379-07:00This sounds like a great vacation. We've drive...This sounds like a great vacation. We've driven that road to Monterey -- pretty cool.Dr. Sneetchhttp://thesneetchblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-45513320161590779072011-09-27T21:56:29.401-07:002011-09-27T21:56:29.401-07:00Road trips are great with little kids. I'm fin...Road trips are great with little kids. I'm finding even the boring stuff is interesting to her :)<br /><br />Also I love that you mentioned Pasadena. I spent 5 of the happiest years of my life there (college) and that's also where I met my hubby (but didn't know at the time that it would end up like that!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212690454989568626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-47955546754382376122011-09-27T18:51:49.058-07:002011-09-27T18:51:49.058-07:00Love the best parenting moments. :) These moment...Love the best parenting moments. :) These moments are worth their weight in gold.<br /><br />Also love Carmel-by-the-sea. Visited once years ago. Very calm and beautiful.the millinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-8144768482899039932011-09-27T12:55:45.264-07:002011-09-27T12:55:45.264-07:00Nice! I liked Sacramento a lot more than I thought...Nice! I liked Sacramento a lot more than I thought (a case of diminished expectations?) and wish we'd had more time to spend in Morro Bay.<br /><br />A bear and I surprised each other (from opposite sides of a fallen sequoia) last time I was at SNP. We were maybe 6 feet apart!SteveBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567643392292217763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-11565338865498118792011-09-27T04:06:13.046-07:002011-09-27T04:06:13.046-07:00DH didn't care for Kidspace, but I don't r...DH didn't care for Kidspace, but I don't remember why. (I didn't go.) <br /><br />I didn't know Merced had anything nice in it!<br /><br />I sure wish we lived in California. We have friends out in the SF Bay area and their Buzz page always makes me wistful. There's an awful lot more in a reasonable drive's/train ride's distance in California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com