This past Saturday, my parents treated our whole family to a day at Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. It was the first family vacation we’d taken in years and it was super-fun. Here’s some photos I took while we were there…

Here’s the thing about Facebook.. lately, it’s been doing this weird thing where it will show me a status update that I posted two years ago. So after seeing a few of these pop up lately, I realized that it’s been two years since I left my former home Seattle and embarked on a 2.5 week road trip down to my current home of Austin.

Thinking about it made me feel all nostalgic for the west coast (especially as we are experiencing 100+ degree temps in Austin everyday.. yesterday was 112) and I decided to take a look back through the photos from the road trip.

Leaving Seattle…

Then spent a night in Portland and headed south in the morning…

Taking a break to check out Mount Shasta..

After living in Seattle for 2 years, I was excited to see 102 degree temps in California.. however, after this summer in Austin I am no longer happy to see things like this show up in my car..

Catching an amazing production Around the World in 80 Days in Volcano, California

Spending the day in Sacramento, California…

At the California State Fair in Sacramento… this guy made San Francisco from toothpicks!

The rides at the California State Fair…

Fishing on Silver Lake in Northern California.. I caught 5 trout (the limit)!

Driving down I-5 to Los Angeles…

My bed in Santa Clarita…

Poolside in Santa Clarita..

More photos to come soon..

My dad, taken during a trip to Fredricksburg last summer with my parents.

Fredricksburg, Texas.