We’ve now visited all of the East Texas Region state parks! I snagged 4 days out of our busy spring schedule and we completed the last 4 parks in the southern part of the region. We daytripped Huntsville and Livingston state parks on the way to Martin Dies Jr. State Park where we set up camp for 3 nights. We also daytripped Village Creek state park from Martin Dies Jr.
We were on the road a little after 7am Tuesday and hit Huntsville around 12:30 just in time for a picnic lunch. We had the day use area all to ourselves and the kids enjoyed exploring the playground and CCC built lodge. The swim area is closed with caution tape roping it off due to alligators frequenting the area more often the last couple years, but the water had little appeal to us anyway.
After our lunch break, we drove to the other side of the park for a 1.5 mile hike. The trail along the lake was beautiful and we got our chance to see some alligators! The loop also took us by a boardwalked portion of the trail that goes all the way around the lake. After exploring a little bit of that area, we finished our stroll through the trees the rest of the way back. Once settled back in the car, we continued east to Lake Livingston State Park.
We really enjoyed the scenery and tranquility of this park! I’ve opted out of camping at it due to its proximity to Houston and I-45. I just felt like it would be a madhouse; even during the week. But it was so quiet and many of the campsites have lovely views of the peaceful lake. We will probably try to go back at some point to relax and spend some time on the numerous trails. We’ll still avoid the weekends, just to be safe. 🙂
Keeping with gifting a trip for Christmas tradition, we chose a long weekend in Austin for this year. Our main goal was a stay and play at Kalahari Resort in Round Rock and then the rest of the time was pretty easy to fill with other area attractions. We booked only a Thursday night at Kalahari and then 2 more nights at Best Western on the Southeast side of Austin. The policy at the resort is on the day of check-in you can access the waterpark at noon if your room isn’t ready as check-in time is 4pm. The following day, while you have to clear out of the room by 11, you can stay in the waterpark until it closes. So, that was our plan, maximize waterpark time Thursday and for as long at we could stand it on Friday before heading down to Austin. The kids did great patiently waiting for February to roll around and having 2 days to play indoors in heated water while it was winter outside was so worth it.
I venture to say that this particular Kalahari is twice the size of the Great Wolf Lodge we visited a few times in the Dallas area and definitely appeals to older kids and adults more. The water park has more thrill slides and more strictly monitored adult only areas. The arcade area has a massive ropes course and indoor rollercoaster! We spent hours running amuck in the waterpark without any wait lines for slides and little crowd anywhere else until dinner time. Then we went up to the room and had a simple microwave meal. We decided to spend extra on arcade time for the kids instead of one of the numerous restaurants onsite. The kids spread out all over the arcade with their own swipe cards while Nathan and I held down a checkpoint location at a bar overlooking the room. We called it a night once the kids burned through all the their credit and acquired their treasures haha.
The next morning we were packed out of our room and heading back into the park by 10:30. However, the crowd had significantly increased over night and Weston and I were done after an hour. We found it difficult to even move around the park much less enjoy activities. We opted to instead to stroll around the grounds outside checking out the statues and landscaping while Nathan, Ashlyn and Archer played hard for another 2 hours! lol! We all agreed the resort is a phenomenal time and Nathan said he would take 2 weekdays off next time to come back and enjoy it the way we had on Thursday.
Once everyone was in dry clothes, we headed down to Austin, stopping along the way to hike Mt Bonnell. It was a fun little excursion and was surprising to see the views you achieve between the drive up there and elevation gain on the short hike itself!
We had worked up a good appetite by then and had dinner at El Arroyo “famously” known for their viral billboard one-liners. The food and margaritas were delicious and all at a very reasonable price! Always nice to find a place maintaining authenticity!
Saturday morning we headed to the Austin Zoo located out by Lake Travis regardless of the bitter cold front that had blown in over night. Thankfully, its a small zoo and we briskly made our way through and were able to see all the exhibits in an hour and a half haha! But, what they’re doing at this facility is really remarkable. Every animal had been rescued by or relinquished to the zoo to live out their days with proper care. Each exhibit had information on the animal and where they came from.
After the zoo, we visited 2 breweries near the lake including Oasis Brewing located in The Oasis just in time for the sun to come out.
We had a lovely dinner at Sundancer Grill enjoying the unique views of the marina and lake at such a low level.
The next day, before heading home, we visited The Capitol Building. During the Austin Marathon apparently haha. But, Nathan did great navigating all the road closures and it was the perfect wrap on our long weekend in Austin.
Sunday morning of our whirlwind weekend at the border, we woke up in Laredo and headed out for our 5th and final state park before the return trip home that day. Lake Casa Blanca is situated on the northeast side of town and neighbors the Laredo International Airport.
We decided we would spend at least an hour there with a picnic lunch and pulled up to a line of cars at the entrance. Seemed like a happening place to be on a Sunday afternoon. Most everyone was heading to the playground area and boat ramp, so we found a secondary picnic table area by the lake and snagged a shaded table. We were amused during our lunch by a woman across the clearing blaring music and repeatedly fireballing lighter fluid under whatever meat she was cooking. And, no, I didn’t take a picture of it 😉
We hung out for a little bit longer watching the water sports that the lake seemed popular for and decided that was enough. While we were situated on the “camping” side of the lake, the park wrapped around its shoreline and across the cove we could see more day use amenities, but the access road inside the park was washed out and we would have to exit and enter from the other side of the lake. We didn’t find that necessary as that area was getting packed as well. This was probably our second shortest state park visit at just 45 minutes haha. It’s location and amenities made for a great city park, but I saw little appeal as a nature or camping destination.
Along the way to Laredo on Saturday, we marked our 4th state park of the trip off. Falcon State Park is located on the massive Falcon Reservoir created by a dam across the Rio Grande technically making it an “International Reservoir.” The border line runs parallel to either shoreline splitting the body of water in half between Texas and Mexico. The park is a decent size covered in numerous campsites with only one loop trail around them. So, for this visit, we would just check out the lake.
Much of Texas’ lake levels are suffering now in the extreme heat and drought, but this lake has evidence of YEARS of low level struggles. The boat ramp was a bewildering sight to see with its lengthy extension in an attempt to reach the receding lake years before and even that be in vain now.
While we were exploring, a truck pulling a boat drove up out of the brush on a dirt road that seemed to lead to the lake. At first glance, you would think the road is just a wide hiking/biking trail, but then we starting observing other vehicles along the shoreline and figured we’d give it shot, haha. We hopped back in the car and started down one of the dirt roads and found a labyrinth of trails in all directions. We just kept turning on roads that seemed to head down hill until we indeed hit a beach area along the lake. There were about a dozen cars parked with families swimming and BBQing and a number of trucks with boat trailers parked long the shore. Apparently folks have just made their own boat ramps utilizing the rocky parts of the shore. What was truly bizarre was when Nathan pulled up satellite and map images of our location and our car should’ve been under water!
The water actually looked pretty decent to us, so we indulged in wading around a bit; even Sally! So now we have all been in the Rio Grande…technically.
Another bewildering moment was looking across the lake and realizing that was Mexico over there! We saw cars driving across the dam where a border crossing checkpoint was located, but I wondered what stopped folks from just boating back and forth. I guess as long as you don’t set foot on the opposite shore, its all good. There were posted signs everywhere about illegal border crossing…but that’s just information.
This park is to date the most “lawless” and “unstructured” state park we’ve visited. Usually vehicles are restricted to pavement and “trailblazing” is forbidden by standard park guidelines. But, park signage and swim area amenities like life preservers had been relocated to the off grid areas in almost a “they’ll allow it” sort of way. We never felt unsafe, but it definitely weirded me out coming from what I expect in state parks.
Still, we were grateful for the quiet scenery and cool-off before arriving in the crazy town of Laredo for one more overnight stay ahead of visiting our 5th and final park of the trip on Sunday.
We started day 2 of our 5 park trip with a 30 minute drive from our hotel to the third and final World Birding Center state park. Meaning, like the others, it was a walk in style park and I was grateful to get an earlier start on it. This park also would be the closest we got on foot to the Mexico border.
We arrived a little before 10am and were greeted with the same lush landscaping and extravagant headquarter building as the previous parks, but were distracted by a rather large bird running around. It looked like cross of a chicken with a roadrunner!
After check-in, we set off across a bridge over an irrigation ditch and were surprised that we would be on the other side of the “the wall” in this park. Around the corner we came to the old headquarters building that is now being used as a nature center. We were told the tram was running today and starts at this location circling around every hour. But, no dogs allowed on it. Since the trailhead for the 2 mile loop hike for the Rio Grande would be an additional 3 mile roundtrip for us to get to, Nathan opted to hang out with Sally at the shaded pavilion while the kids and I zipped off to the trailhead on the tram.
On the way, the ranger driving the tram served as a tour guide and told us about his time in the park and a little about each trailhead we drove past. He also confirmed these parks get crazy packed in the winter months and we were definitely there in off season. He stopped at the Geological Survey Marker possibly placed in 1917 and then dropped us off at the trailhead for the loop that would take us as close as possible to the Rio Grande – aka the border of Mexico.
He also informed us that up until 5 years ago, you could take a cut off path down to a deck over the river, but a horrendous flood washed it all out and they felt it unsafe to rebuild anything if the river was capable of doing it once. Also, the area is not as serene now that it is covered in razor wire. But we enjoyed the well maintained pathway and acknowledged the turn in the trail when we were approximately 60 yards from the river. Not that we could really tell other than a little elevation change.
We finished our walk with about 10 minutes to spare before we were picked up and delivered back to Nathan and Sally who enjoyed their hour hanging out. Nathan spent the time researching the weird bird we saw all over the park and learned they are called Chachalacas and are hunted in Texas AND are supposed to be quite delectable. Sounds like we might have a Chachalaca meal in our future. Haha
That wrapped up our time at this park and we continued our trek Northwest towards Laredo that afternoon. Bentsen Rio-Grande was our most enjoyable visit of the 3 World Birding Centers with it’s historical and geographical features. It even made us do a little bird watching in the end!
We are now over 2/3 of the way to our goal of hitting all 89 (the total number at the moment) state parks by the time Ashlyn is 18! It’s crazy to think about, but we have been chipping away at this for 7 years now and with 4 years left, it still feels achievable!
Estero Llano Grande was our second stop on Friday and was a whopping 30 minutes away from our first one. On the way, we drove a stretch of highway that was incredibly close to the border and got our first glimpse of “The Wall.” Took us a minute to realize what that structure was though!
Like Resaca de la Palma, this park is a registered world birding center and doesn’t permit vehicle traffic in it. It also boasted a grand, well landscaped entrance and headquarters. We spent some time on the patio that overlooks the wetlands and boardwalk system observing some ducks and ducklings before setting off on our quick trail to alligator lake. We’re not much on birds, but we’re definitely in on seeing some gators!
Along the way to the lake, we passed a marsh area that was incredibly lush for the time of year and interrupted an armadillo rooting around. We always love seeing those critters.
The alligator lake had 3 viewing areas along side its oblong shape, but we didn’t see anything for the 20ish minutes we spent there. But the walk was eventful enough and we had managed to go fairly deep into the park since it is quite small.
Parts of the trail were covered in blazing hot pea gravel and we pushed Sally to trot over those areas as fast as possible and would jump from shade patch to shade patch, but that poor pupper was not having a good time at this point in the day. So I pushed ahead with her back to the headquarters pavilion for a cooler rest spot while Nathan and the kids stayed at the marsh to see some more wildlife for a bit.
We only spent an hour at this park. For a birding enthusiast, this park is well maintained and offers numerous amenities for observation and exploration. But we were ready for hotel AC and enjoyed cold beverages that evening at Howling Rabbits and 5×5 breweries in McAllen. 🙂
The stars had finally aligned and the time had come to tackle the 5 state parks that border Mexico. Since 3 of them are day use parks only and the other 2 are small and near cities, we opted for the whirlwind of hitting them all in 3 days. Even with Texas’ record breaking heat this year, now seemed like the perfect opportunity to check them off the list.
Starting off in Brownsville on Friday, Resaca de la Palma was one of two day use parks certified as a World Birding Centers that we would be visiting that day. In efforts to maintain a peaceful habit for birds, vehicle traffic within the park is limited to electric golf carts serving as trams. So, we parked in the lot outside the gates and proceeded to check in at the headquarters where they issued the adults wristbands. After that, we were free to roam any of the trails by foot or rented bicycle as the trams only run on weekends during the summer. The area around the headquarters was beautifully landscaped with numerous bird/pollinator habits and blinds for safe viewing.
We set off down the main paved road loop that crosses the resaca a number of times and links to other gravel trail hikes throughout the park. Resaca is the regions given name for the channels or oxbow lakes created by the Rio Grande. The main resaca in this park was dry at the time, but a ranger said it would fill again once the rain returns. Keeping aware of the pavement temperature and increasing lack of shade, we made it as far as the first crossing on the resaca and decided we had seen enough.
Once back at headquarters, Ashlyn and I wanted to do the quick trail that would take us out on the decks we saw from the main trail, but Sally was pretty worn out already. We hadn’t taken her out on the road much this summer and we could tell she was feeling out of shape. The guys stayed in the shade with her while Ashlyn and I zipped down the very cool and easy trail. We kept seeing scatterings of feathers along the trail and concluded that the birds must enjoy roosting and possibly dust bathing in that area. Ashlyn collected a few vibrant colored feathers and the signs at the end of the trail were quite helpful for identification.
We met back up with the guys and loaded up for the 30minute drive to our next park. And just like that, we marked #59 off! Apparently these southern most parks really come alive in the winter with both wild life and visitors. Not being birding enthusiasts ourselves, we’re just here to view and appreciate what TPWD continues to do for nature and wildlife conservation while giving humans a way to witness it.
Let me start with wishing Texas State Parks system a happy 100 years! After Governor Pat Neff’s mother donated family land to the state of Texas to be memorialized as a public park, he was inspired in 1923 to begin the search for and acquisition of more Texas land to be transformed. By 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt took notice and enlisted the CCC workers of the “New Deal” to lend a hand. In 1937, Mother Neff State Park officially opened as Texas’ first state park. We visited this park before I started blogging and we thoroughly enjoyed it, so I might add a post for nostalgia this year. 🙂
2023 started a little slower than I would have liked for park visits, but at least half way through, it looks like we’re picking up some momentum! The kids and I snagged 3 days to hit Lake Somerville State park before I started on the much needed ceiling renovation for Wanda. We also had an awning upgrade to test out. And with the record breaking heat we’re experiencing this summer… it was needed for camping the last week of June!
Lake Somerville State Park is split across the lake in 2 separate units with a 13 mile trail connecting them. I chose Nails Creek Unit for being smaller and its reputation of being more quiet according to Facebook group reviews. I was pleasantly surprised at the park’s availability on campsites (thank you, heatwave) and reserved what looked like a mostly shaded lakefront spot.
We spent most of day 1 just getting there and setting up. Sometimes a 3.5 hour drive just turns into 5 haha. The awning went up without a problem and we were immediately so grateful for it! It came together from leftover parts of the carport kit I used to build our chicken run and attached it to the awesome kayak rack my dad installed a couple years ago giving it a nice height. I just love when repurposed items serve their purpose well! Big props to my Eagle Scout Hubby for creating our easy to use and adjust guy-wires too!
The boys took off for the lake while I got dinner stuff ready and sight casted at carp (aka “giant goldfish) for about an hour. After we ate, we drove to the fishing pond and the boys chunked some more lures. We also saw snake #1 there. We finally found it comfortable to sit at the picnic table by 8:30 that evening and played Uno until dark while watching deer get a drink from the lake.
The kids slept until 8:30 the next morning while I tried to convince some presumptuous sparrows they didn’t want to build nests in our stuff. We would spend the rest of the time there continuously blocking them from tubs, bags, buckets, and chairs! They were fast little builders and would get a nest started in what seemed like only minutes! We just kept moving the clumps to tree branches and then would block off the access they had found. We also tried out a new breakfast hack that morning and loved it! We figured out one whole box of Kodiak pancake mix combined with one 16oz bottle of water makes just the right amount of pancakes at the perfect thickness to satisfy everyone’s hunger for the morning. I appreciate the protein and better ingredients in this mix versus the regular “shake n pour” variety we had used a couple times before.
We tried out another fishing spot, where the boys found snake #2 that appeared to have been pulled up in someone’s cast net causing them to abandon it. While we usually pick up other people’s trash in an effort to “leave it better than we found it,” I didn’t want any part of whatever snake was in there and the we decided best for the Park Rangers to handle it. The boys moved on to trying some fishing while Ashlyn found a shady spot to sit and sketch. It didn’t take long for the heat of the day to hit us and we moved on to hiking a 1 mile roundtrip trail to check out an observation deck overlooking the lake. It was a little anticlimactic, but we enjoyed the shaded stroll through the trees.
Back at the camper, we packed a lunch and headed out of the park to the other side of the lake to check out the Birch Creek Unit. This area had a much larger boat ramp and day use area. There was a marked area for swimming as well and some people were partaking, but the water didn’t look appealing enough to us. After eating lunch at a shaded picnic table, the boys and I briefly ventured out on the fishing pier that had previously sustained damage but wasn’t repaired yet. That’s where we spotted snake #3!
On the way back to our campsite, we stopped at Kovasovic’s Country Store/ Meat Market and scored some pan sausage and summer sausage to take home and some huge bacon wrapped jalapeno’s that I grilled that night for my dinner. The kids each picked out a pint of Blue Bell and demolished them. We hung out in the camper from 2pm-4pm that day playing cards and cat napping then spent the rest of the evening lounging in hammocks.
Because we were late to get on the water the morning before, Archer and I committed to setting an alarm and got up with the sun to give the fishing one more try before we left. We were literally 5 minutes too late to the spot I wanted and a boat was already there pulling fish up out of what I imagined was quite the “honey hole.” Archer wasn’t too thrilled watching them while having no results ourselves, but we tried our best for an hour before going back to camp, eating breakfast and breaking everything down to head home.
We had a great time outdoors despite the heat wave, but there really isn’t much draw personally for us to return to this park. It is the first park we’ve been to with a large amount of equestrian amenities. Most of the trails are marked for equestrian use, including the 13 mile trail that connects the units and features primitive campsites along the way that are equipped with horse corrals. Large group campsites and individual size campsites with horse corrals are located in both units as well.
This park also broke our record on number of snake sightings while camping! We definitely kept our eyes on the ground/water and on a swivel the whole time and we were happy they were always at a distance.
On March 7th, we had our first warm and free day of the year and jumped on a day trip to Lake Corpus Christi State Park. We had been saving this park for exactly this occasion and loaded the car up with our fresh water fishing gear ready to see a new park finally. After just a little over an hour drive, we arrived just in time for our picnic lunch.
We found a nice shady area with picnic tables on the bank of the lake near the boat ramp and day use area. After we ate, the onslaught of casting and reeling and changing lures every 5 seconds began, haha. But I can’t give them too much grief, my bobber and bait sat untouched the whole time as well. It didn’t look like the folks on the pier were having much luck either, so we chalked it up to a day for just fishing and not catching.
We loaded back up in the car and set off to explore the other features of the park. There are 2 simple trails in the entire park, but quite a few camping loops and around 20 nice look cabins. Some of the water front campsites looked lovely and were large enough for campers, but only provided water hook ups.
After our tour of campsites, we drove up a bluff to check out the CCC built pavilion. The structure is stunning! We’ve seen a number of these buildings by now, but each one has its own character that makes us respect the thought that went into each design. This one closely reminded us of the pavilion at Lake Brownwood State Park with its upstairs lookout and promenade leading to the lake.
Our final stop was a cute natural designed playground and to my surprise, the kids enjoyed some pretend play for quite while.
We enjoyed out daytrip to this park. I’m glad its easy to get to on a whim. A simple weekend camping trip would be fun too. The water isn’t our kind of “swim-able” but I would like to try fishing some more.
Another training opportunity had come for Nathan in December of last year and this time they were sending him to San Diego for a week. Obviously, all of us tagged along this go around to take in the sights of such an interesting city. We would have most of Saturday and all day Sunday with Nathan, then the kids and I would find fun during the day Monday before meeting Daddy for dinner and then we would head back home Tuesday while he finished out his class the rest of the week.
We started out with a 6:30am flight Saturday morning on December 3rd. The older 2 haven’t flown since they were under 4years old and this was Archer’s first. He took to sleeping on a plane effortlessly and everyone found take off/landing exciting. Thanks to an uneventful flight and 2 hour time change we were collecting our rental car before 11am.
We headed to Coronado Island first for lunch and brews at Coronado Brewing Company. Nathan had collected a list of breweries to hit prior to the trip and picked this one for me because of its fun mermaid logo. Our brewpub style lunch was awesome and the beers were yummy as well. Re-energized, we found the nearest beach so all of us could put our hand in the Pacific Ocean. The kids found some shells and collected sand for our ornament collection. While I tried to selfie all of us, a group of military men ran by (very Top Gun style at that) and one stopped and offered to take our picture!
It was time to check into the hotel, so we left the island and hit a grocery store in the city for some snacks and breakfast food since the hotel that was hosting Nathan’s training didn’t offer one. After we checked in, we headed out one more time to visit Bay City Brewing. After some rounds of Uno and a flight of beer, we decided a sunset on the West Coast would be the perfect end to day 1. A quick google search for a beach led us to “Dog Beach” where I had a Field of Dreams Moment and had to ask out loud if I was in Heaven. I don’t know if I had ever seen a more joyful collection of dogs literally living their best lives. There had to be 50 or more running off leash on the sand, through the water, chasing, and zooming everywhere while their humans stood in clusters and chatted. While there were a handful of hardcore surfers in the water, the beach was covered with others doing what we had come to do; just watch the sunset.
Our full day after a 3am wake up left us whooped but satisfied. We went back to our hotel and I walked next door to Jack in the Box for our dinner in the room.
Sunday started off early and busy as well. Today was the day the kids had been asking for years. Today we were going to LegoLand California. Not just the some Lego Discovery Center… THE Legoland. This has been on the kids list like Disney is for other kids. On our way to the park we stopped at La Jolla Beach and saw the seals and sea lions…along with all the PEOPLE swimming and diving with them! Never mind that the water is frigid…. I don’t think I could trust those wild animals. Some were getting incredibly close to the recreationists. But we definitely got the “been there, done that” experience.
We arrived just as the park opened at 10am and stayed until they closed at 6pm. We rode everything that was open and walked the entire place twice since we went back to ride the favorites one last time. The kids walked out asking when we would be coming back lol! It exceeded their expectations and while I was mildly disappointed with the lack of thrill rides (the fastest roller coaster in the park was closed down) the incredible amount of genuine Lego built creations themed throughout the park was impressive. Our 3 favorite rides were Emmett’s Flying Adventure, Deep Sea Adventure and The Dragon Coaster. Emmett’s was a well done 4D experience with a giant IMAX screen and riders were stacked 4 stories tall in their seats with their legs dangling. Deep Sea was a submarine ride with a scavenger hunt along the way. The Lego creations under the water along with the live sealife made for a beautiful ride. The Dragon was the only roller coaster type ride open and while it was too much for Archer, the older 2 rode it numerous times. While I can say with certainty that Legoland is a one and done experience for us, I am so glad the kids got to mark this off their bucket list.
Completely exhausted from the very stimulating day, we managed to hit another brewery, Rouleux Brewing, on the way back and enjoyed a tasty meal in a quiet restaurant before an early bedtime.
For our solo day on Monday, the kids and I hit the San Diego Zoo. Now I was the one pumped! The kids were excited as well, but Mom was ready to geek out at one of the best zoo’s in the world! It took us 8 hours to see the whole thing and we were blown away! Every section of the zoo felt and looked like you were walking the actual ecosystem with elaborate landscaping and then you would just happen upon an animal. Everything was exceptionally clean and every level of staff member were incredibly friendly.
Our final stop was the newest addition of a children’s area and I was smitten with the nature theme of the massive area. We couldn’t help but carefully play in the “Tree of Life” splashpad. But no worries if we had gotten wet…there was an area with full body blow dryers beside the bathrooms!
I would be at this zoo on a weekly basis if I lived in San Diego! Just to hike it! I visited the Sydney Zoo in Australia as a kid and thought I had seen the best of the best then. San Diego matches it if not beats what I remember about Sydney.
We met Nathan back at the hotel just as he was getting out of class and we finished our whirlwind California trip with dinner and drinks at Ketch Brewing Co. The kids and I uber-ed Tuesday morning to the airport and had a fantastic travel day even though it was long with a couple hours layover in Houston before our final stop in Corpus. Traversing airports, flying and plane changing solo with the kids and how well it went got me excitedly thinking about new travel abilities! Only if it wasn’t so dang expensive!
I’ll admit I carry a typical Texan attitude about California. But, I LOVED San Diego. Weston went on and on about wanting to live there one day and we basically told him to join the military then lol! I’ve been told since the trip that San Diego is it’s special place within the stereotypical Californian setting, so while I’m not running off to visit L.A. or San Fran anytime soon, I could definitely go back to SD.
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