Travels Inwards 2010...

It's getting to that fourth dimension where nosotros hold off dorsum over the terminal twelvemonth together with reflect.  Soon, nosotros volition also endure posting our selections for our "Best of 2010" winners, together with thus it's dorsum on the road!  Here is where nosotros were over the terminal year, nosotros didn't acquire to whatever international destinations this year...except a quick jaunt across the Mexican border...but did create create to come across a hunk of our ain country.  Click on the links to thought the reports, photos, together with videos:


Our go twelvemonth starts off later on Christmas when we're worn out from the preparations, the parties, the dinners, the luncheons, etc.  This year, our offset trip was a route trip upwardly to Napa Valley.  It was a flake rainy at times, mutual depression temperature at others, merely it was nonetheless a fun trip highlighted yesteryear i of our favorite resorts, corking wines, together with a eatery listing inspired yesteryear Guy Fieri.

Part i of Napa Valley
Part 2 of Napa Valley


Next, I assigned Tim the chore of planning our family's big trip of the year.  He has never had anything to create amongst trip planning earlier so I idea this would endure a goodness learning sense for him.  It was.  I asked Tim to weblog most it hither together with he responded amongst a serial of posts championship "Trip Planning 101."  Here are the lessons he learned along the way:

Trip Planning 101 - Chapter 1
Trip Planning 101 - Chapter 2
Trip Planning 101 - Chapter 3
Trip Planning 101 - Chapter 4
Trip Planning 101 - Chapter 5
Trip Planning 101 - Budget Update

Before Tim's trip is taken, nosotros get got a picayune fourth dimension to caput to i of our favorite undiscovered weekend destinations.  Don't laugh...it's Bakersfield, which is genuinely a dynamite place for a quick, cheap, getaway from Los Angeles:

Bakersfield Part 1
Bakersfield Part 2

Late inward May, we started on the Great Midwest Baseball Tour, of course of study planned yesteryear Tim.  We flew to Cincinnati, together with thus embarked on a route trip of massive proportions to boot the bucket on on to St. Louis together with thus Kansas City earlier flight home:

Midwest Baseball Tour Part 1
Midwest Baseball Tour Part 2
Midwest Baseball Tour Part 3
Midwest Baseball Tour Part 4
Midwest Baseball Tour Part 5
Midwest Baseball Tour Part 6

The cease of summertime took us on a three-legged tour through the middle of California, starting inward Sacramento, continuing on to i of my favorite parts of the state...the suprisingly almost tourist-free Gold Country of the Motherlode...and thus upwardly the the gem of the Sierra, Lake Tahoe for a beach twenty-four sixty minutes catamenia earlier coming dorsum downwards for vino tasting together with around corking food.

Sacramento together with the Gold Country
Amador County Wine Country
Lake Tahoe together with the Motherlode

Next upwardly was a first-hand hold off at medical tourism along the edge of California, Arizona, and Mexico.  We watch the medical mecca of Los Algodones...a tiny speck of a Mexican edge town close the extreme southeastern betoken of California...get around glasses, together with boot the bucket on on where nosotros pass around fourth dimension inward a Yuma prison.

Medical Tourism - Los Algodones, Mexico
Medical Tourism - Yuma, Arizona

While inward Yuma, nosotros shot an on-location Cocktail Hour video featuring a premium tequila tasting amongst 2 of my Mexican uncles who also hand off to endure quite the tequila experts.

Tequila Tasting amongst the Tios

Speaking of The Cocktail Hour, the (fairly) weekly drinking exhibit has proven to endure i of the most pop features on the blog.   Not specifically a go feature, it normally spotlights a potable recipe or sense of savour off, merely nosotros did get got it on place a few times likewise the tequila political party inward Yuma:

Belgian Beer Festival - Sierra Madre, California
Tequila Party at Rudy's - Monrovia, California
Cincinnati Pub Crawl

Back on the road, nosotros featured a trip to Monterey, Pacific Grove, together with Carmel:

Monterey together with Pacific Grove Part one
Monterey together with Pacific Grove Part two

And thus nosotros complete upwardly this year's travels amongst a novel trip to around other unknown destination, Southern California's Inland Empire:

Inland Empire Part one
Inland Empire Part two
Inland Empire Wines
Inland Empire Amusement Parks

That wraps upwardly 2010's travels for .  We're on a slight go hiatus correct directly due to dwelling structure together with the holidays merely volition endure dorsum on the route really soon.


Watch for our "Best of..." picks coming up, around novel Cocktail Hours, a few Classic Trips to create total the blank spaces, together with y'all tin also follow me (Darry Musick) on Facebook for the daily goings on of family.

-Darryl

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