The downtown area had some incredible sculptures from items washed ashore. High praise since she orders hot chocolate a lot. K said their hot chocolate was the best she had ever tasted. We highly recommend it and left with a bag of road trip snacks (AKA cookies!). Before driving too far, G needed coffee so we stopped at Bandon Coffee. The first time we stayed, they were dredging the harbor, which was fascinating! (Did we mention we are kind of geeky?) No dredge this time, but while outside our room enjoying the view, a deer walked by just a few feet away. Not too expensive and it’s on a cliff overlooking the water. Walked in the beautiful California Redwoods, stopped for a quick bite at Fat Irish Kitchen & Pub in Brookings, Oregon, (G loved their clam chowder!) then drove on to Port Orford, Oregon, to stay at Castaway by the Sea. Time to hit the road and de-tech for a bit. The staff was friendly and K loved the veggie/fruit smoothies at breakfast. The queen bed seemed small (felt like a double) and we’re both tall. Quiet, good breakfast, free snacks in the room, great location, though we got a queen room and should have spent the extra for a king. Hotel confirmations? SAVED! (If you aren’t familiar with Wakelet, it’s similar to Pinterest, but BETTER! Check out our blogpost about Wakelet.)įirst stop? Silicon Valley! We stayed at the Zen Hotel. Any time she saw a website with a hotel or a place to visit, she clicked the extension to save it to the collection. K is the planner and relied on her new favorite web tool Wakelet as a vacation idea repository for the first time. For our vacation, we decided to take a road trip from California to Washington, visiting friends along the way, because K received an invitation to tour the Inclusive Tech Lab at Microsoft. DISCLAIMER: This is more of a travel and photography blogpost than our usual educational tech post, though that is included, too! See the end for travel apps we recommend.īased on the title, you might think we took a vacation from tech.
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