We just returned from our vacation to California. We stayed in Windsor, with my cousin. Windsor is just outside of Santa Rosa and looks like a California version of Stars Hollow, the town in Gilmore Girls. We also ventured to Northern California for a weekend stay at a refurbished logger’s cabin in Elk Meadow. It was a fantastic time. Here are some pictures from our trip.
While we were in CA, the dogs were on vacation in lovely St. Peter, Minnesota. We’ll check in with them later.Me packing: Hmm, what black t-shirts should I bring?No MacGregor vacation is complete without stopping at a bookstore or two.MacGregors also need candy stores.Callum and I could live here. SO. MUCH. CANDY.Honestly, same.This basketball game is getting out of control.I opened our bedroom window to see this dude just feet away.Pretty okay view with my morning coffee.Solitary elk.55 elk enjoying their breakfast.Guess what? More elk.Callum contemplates the ocean.The ocean. Good thing I captioned this one so you’d know.Down at the beach in Trinidad.Trinidad.I am solidly an indoor person, but there just might be something to this whole outdoors business. Kind of pretty.I resisted my juvenile urge to kick this over.Fern Canyon. Cool to walk through, terrifying to drive to.Apparently there is a Big Tree here in this forest of Redwoods. Go fig.Some big trees, but not THE Big Tree.Callum contemplates the trees.Nice face, guy.Oh, nature.Let’s check in on the dogs. Here is Billy, looking quite refined.Edward enjoys the sun.These flowers are called Naked Ladies. We never got tired of saying, “See the Naked Ladies?”Librarians on vacation visit libraries. Of course we do.Librarians around the country are glad that dang eclipse is over with.Children’s room at the library.We hit up the Friends of the Library sale.I laughed at this sign every time we passed it.Such a specific house rule.Again, a rather specific sign. Year of the Woman Accordion Festival.BLERGH. GROSS. DUMB STORE IS DUMB.Dachshund check: All is well.Feels like home.We never stopped marveling at how different CA looks from MN.So cool.Another bookstore, this one in Santa Rosa.
Okay, but can this animal relief area be for humans who desperately need some relief via doggy snuggles?
AMANDA MACGREGOR 