Having the travel bug, yet living in a tourist destination, can be a weird phenomenon. For example, a few weeks ago my family and I took a road trip north of Los Angeles, and stayed at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito (well, its mailing address is Santa [Read more]
Hiking Los Angeles: The Temescal Canyon Loop Hike
April 24, 2008 | Author: SoCalGal
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Gal on the Go – In the Air, above Deland, Florida
April 16, 2008 | Author: ColoradoGal

I went skydiving! Can you believe it? When I was in Hawaii last year, I made the Jungle Trek zipline guy push me off the ledge because I just couldn't take that first step into oblivion. I really wasn't sure I'd have the guts to JUMP OUT OF A PLANE! But I [Read more]
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Snowshoeing on Aspen Mountain
February 28, 2008 | Author: ColoradoGal

This week I helped chaperone my daughter's field trip to Aspen Mountain for some snowshoeing in the backcountry. It was so much fun! The weather was glorious--we had some low-hanging, wispy clouds in the morning, but the sky cleared to a beautiful robin's-egg [Read more]
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