California was calling my name. It was January of 2014, and I wanted to get away from the cold winter weather. I also wanted to visit my sister Stephanie and my blogging friend Rosie in Los Angeles, as well as my dearest friend Jayne in San Francisco.
In July of 2015, I wanted to stop in California to visit my sister on my way home from teaching for a year in China. We planned to visit the Channel Islands during my time there. I would also visit my blogging friend Rosie and we’d go to Joshua Tree National Park together.
I had been to California several times in the distant past. I went on a 3-month road trip in 1979 with my first husband, Bill. That time, we visited Redwood National Forest, Crescent City, Death Valley and Yosemite.
Since Bill and I lived in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho for four years, from 1980-1984, we took another trip to San Francisco in the early 1980s, probably 1983.
In 2014, I would get to visit my sister and some good friends, and see some places I hadn’t seen on my first couple of trips.
In 2015, I’d also visit Stephanie and Rosie, and see a few more places.
Anacapa Island
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
I would be in California from January 3-13, 2014 and again from July 15-20, 2015.
~ wander.essence ~ 
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