THE HONEYMOONERS

First, HAPPY 46th! ANNIVERSARY to Grandma Janet and Grandpa Bob. That's a long road trip :)

Well, the car has indeed become our house and our house continuesto move. Neatly though, our routine has stabilized.

Linko wakes up first and Mommy or Daddy attends to him.Breakfast all together or in parts, we’ve settled into lazy mornings. As Lincoln goes down for hismorning nap (with Mommy or Daddy usually joining him), the house car getstidied up and we ready for our morning activity, usually a playground. In fact,when looking for our next place to stay, a playground has become aprerequisite. Depending on the facilities - biking, swimming, battling superheroesor just reading by the fire also come into play.

Where we stay has become equally, if not more important thanwhat we do although we’ve been doing and seeing some amazing things. Withoutquestion, the best times have been when we’re able to visit and hang withfriends and family.

On our way out of San Fran, we had so much fun with cousinMarque. He took us to a great burger joint in the outer Misson neighborhood beforehanging at his house for a little bit. He is one crazy cat and a very uniqueand talented artist. We were sad to miss cousin Rich with all of our crazyschedules.

 You can check Marque out on YouTubeand his survivalapp here.

Driving over the Golden Gate Bridgeinto wine country was a great experience we’ll never forget. It’s mammoth andkinda left us in awe. After a convenient dinner in Healdsburg where the Heatgame was playing, we spurned Napafor an awesome campground in Cloverdale just a few miles north of Wine Road.

We took the whole next day to explore the campground - didsome laundry, played some games, admired the rolling hills lined with vineyards,made a fire or two and hiked an on-campus natural trail. We’ve found these daysof relaxin help us with the days of action.

While abbreviated b/c Mommy is always aware of the boyztemperament, we quickly wine tasted the next day. Got a taste, literally, ofall that this gorgeous part of the country has to offer.  Before continuing north to the Redwoods, wetalked about coming back to wine country with some willing friends or family(maybe you?) to better experience the grapes.

 The Redwoods were amazing. Period.

Its difficult to describe these massive trees. You can lookat pictures, but even being there, it’s hard to believe how f’in big they are!.And when you leave and see other trees, it’s even harder to believe just howf’in big they are! We took a great, stroller-friendly hike down to the riverand had some lunch, skipped some rocks. It was a day of relaxin,

That afternoon we left. After just over 2 weeks, from San Diego to San Franciscoand up through Redwood National Park, we exited California. It was a solid, solid 2 weeks.

We ended up just inside Oregonin a dingy campground in Klamath Fallswhere they are actually no falls. It was just a pit stop, though, as the next morning (afterplaying on Riley’s 832^nd playground) we headed to our real Oregon destination, Bend,where Amanda’s good friend Laura and her boyfriend Geordy live.

But, first, we stopped in winter. Where it was snowing ontop of Crater Lake, the largest freshwaterlake in the country. It was formed by a historic volcano that erupted and lefta lake basically in its wake. Ri got to play in the snow, but what we’ll alwaysremember is Lincoln’s first snow at a dazzlingplace - Crater Lake, Oregon.

When we got to Bend though, we stayed at a great campground.It was great b/c they had a TV in their laundry room where Daddy could watchGame 7 of the Heat/Celtics. Really, it was great for a lot of other reasonstoo, but really it was great b/c they had a TV in their laundry room whereDaddy could watch Game 7 of the Heat/Celtics.

The next day, after Mommy & Riley checked Madagascar 3,we walked over from the movie theater to the adjacent amphitheater, all in avery cool development, to hang with Laura and her man. Saw some great music andenjoyed a Sunday there as if we were residents.

Did our two nights in Bendalthough, as usual, we could have stayed longer. But the road called and we putour 400 miles in to where we are now, Boise,Idado - home of the Boise State Broncos.

We’ve officially started our descent with Yellowstone and Mount Rushmore in our sight. Crossed back through onetime zone, the internet sort of works now and California is now west of us. Put anotherway, Game 1 of Heat/OKC in the NBA Finals is at 6.30 tonight not 5.30.

Here are some pics –