{"id":2389,"date":"2017-08-27T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suitcasejournal.com\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2023-07-29T07:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T14:23:26","slug":"fall-2017-travel-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suitcasejournal.com\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2017 Travel Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve always said that having a baby wouldn&#8217;t slow us down &#8211; and we&#8217;re trying to make sure it stays true! \u00a0Of course we have slowed down a bit, but we have a busy fall planned. \u00a0We&#8217;ve completed a few successful overnighters (one weekend up in the Bay Area staying with my mom, and one down in LA at a hotel for a good friend&#8217;s wedding), and he did a great job. \u00a0So, what do we have planned?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Another weekend up in northern California &#8211; a couple of nights at my mom&#8217;s, and then our first real (mini) vacation as a family in Carmel. \u00a0We&#8217;ll be spending two nights there and have nothing planned other than enjoying the cooler temperatures! \u00a0We&#8217;re looking forward to a lot of walking, eating good food, wine tasting, and window shopping.<\/li>\n<li>Oliver&#8217;s first trip to the beach in San Diego. \u00a0Mission Beach is my family&#8217;s annual vacation spot (although we kind of stopped for the past few years). \u00a0All of us are planning to go again, so Ryan and I rented a house right by the house everyone else will be staying in. \u00a0We&#8217;ll be down there for 4 nights and I&#8217;m really looking forward to morning walks on the boardwalk and relaxing afternoons on the beach.<\/li>\n<li>Oliver&#8217;s first camping trip! \u00a0We&#8217;ve been planning to go to Yosemite since the beginning of the year and I can&#8217;t wait! \u00a0We&#8217;re staying in Yosemite Valley at Upper Pines (where we usually stay) and Oliver&#8217;s baby friends Emma and Austin will also be there. \u00a0So, it won&#8217;t be our usual camping trip with lofty hiking goals, but more of a relaxing trip.<\/li>\n<li>Oliver&#8217;s first plane ride (notice a pattern? \u00a0A lot of firsts for Oliver!). \u00a0We&#8217;re headed to Denver for a week to visit Ryan&#8217;s family since most of them haven&#8217;t met Oliver yet! \u00a0Since we&#8217;re spending more than a long weekend there, we managed to sneak in a short trip to Aspen (I&#8217;ve never been!) with Ryan&#8217;s parents and brother and his wife.<\/li>\n<li>And although it&#8217;s not booked yet, we&#8217;re also planning a trip to Europe with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fodors.com\/news\/news\/how-to-deal-with-bribe-request-and-corrupt-police-while-traveling\" rel=\"nofollow\">international travel tips<\/a>! We&#8217;re hoping for October, but we haven&#8217;t been able to get Oliver&#8217;s passport yet (we tried yesterday\u00a0morning, but there were too many people so we have to go back sometime this week). \u00a0We haven&#8217;t yet decided where, but some ideas include: London, English countryside, Paris, southern France, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Bruges. \u00a0We need to book this soon since our planned departure date is in 7 weeks (!), so hopefully we can get serious about this in the next week or so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just writing it all out seems exhausting, but we are excited to experience old and new places with Oliver. \u00a0I am a bit nervous about some things &#8211; mostly the plane flights and dealing with feeding and naps while out and about (particularly in Europe).\u00a0However, if you&#8217;re interested in becoming a travel writer, here are some helpful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamandtravel.com\/become-a-travel-writer\/\">Tips On How To Become A Travel Writer<\/a>. 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