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On Saturday we took the Rubicon aka “Rubi” (<– My husband MADE me put that!) out for her maiden voyage. We hit the trails of Cleveland National Park. We set out Saturday morning and Scotty said the trail that he chose for us was a total of 2 hours, but we were taking the shorter version… no longer than an hour or hour and a half tops. Well we got on the trail (a bumpy, rocky, dusty, narrow path) at about 10:00 am and we didn’t hit pavement until 2:30. I so did not sign up for that long of an adventure! We were traveling at an average of 2 miles per hour and we ascended to about 5,000 feet and once we reached the top, we didn’t just come back down. We went down a little, around some, and back straight up. It was quite the adventure, I have to admit. We saw some amazing views and we were able to really appreciate the quietness of nature. We saw hikers, mountain bikers, other jeeps, and even some trucks on our trail! Once we hit civilization again, we headed over to Mimi and Grampy’s for dinner.

Here are some of the views from the trail.

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On Sunday we found another beach. We headed north this time. We drove through San Clemente and found our selves in Laguna. We walked along the beach and played at the park. We had a low key day today… just what mommy needed! 😉

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