beaches, bonfires, family

 My last and final post of my little month away series shall be about my five days in Southern California spent with my beautifully amazing family. It was such a joy to relax and spend endless amounts of time on the beach and of course my family. The five days passed quicker than I ever thought they would, but nonetheless, it was so worth it to go visit. As I said, I spent most of the time on the beach, whether it was taking a run with my cousins (and up a terribly hefty amount of stairs), having a bonfire with marshmallows obviously, playing in the very very frigid Pacific, or napping--of course. I loved every minute spent with my family that I unfortunately don't see enough. We packed up one day and walked around Venice Beach, something we might as well call a tradition now since every time we visit our family, we manage to find a way to make it to Venice. The diverse group of people walking around Venice makes it beyond wonderful for people watching--I could seriously do it all day. The family also visited Laguna, Dana Point, and Doheny beaches during our stay. Each night, I savored some more delicious and surprisingly still healthy meals and ugh I really shouldn't rave about the food I had anymore than I already have... On our final evening, we watched thee most stunning sunset: the perfect ending to my month away. 

 

 

 

SEA/TAC--->LAX

 We spent our last day in Seattle by going to the market, had a delicious lunch with the whole family, strolled around Pike's Market and the waterfront. It was sad leaving the city I essentially lived in for three weeks, but again every adventure eventually comes to an end and another one begins. On from Seattle, we went to San Clemente, California to visit más familia--my dad's twin sister and her family. Our flight was delayed from 6:40 to close to 8:30, we still have a stopover in Vegas, and FINALLY made it to LAX nearing 1am, still having to drive an hour (ending up being close to hour and a half due to the 405 being close--at 2am?!) down to San Clemente. Whew, travels.

 ^^woah there, wrinkled skirt..I guess that's what I get for living out of a suitcase for four weeks...

a month away series

Oy! It sure has been awhile since I've last posted. Spending a month away from "home" (where ever that may be; I don't know anymore) has certainly kept me busy, there's no doubt about that. I thought that bringing my computer with me would keep me aware that I should post some tidbits about my trip however, with dancing by day and then wanting to view the city and what it has to offer by night and visiting with family I was staying with, there was absolutely no computer time--which was surprisingly easy to forget about and nice to truly get away from the cyber world for a month.

Anyways, I plan to have a few different posts from my four weeks away (photos were mostly from the weekends when I had a tad more free time).

So that being said...enjoy the following series of posts about my travels, adventures, and stories!