Holiday getaway 2016

We took a few days in the week between Christmas and New Years to drive to San Diego for a nice change of scenery. Here's a few favorite photos from the trip.

Eric and Dave went on a deep sea fishing trip. Their boat was the Premier behind them.

Dave's first catch was a poisonous scorpion fish that he wasn't allowed to touch. Pretty though!

We visited the Cabrillo Tide Pools and spent a day discovering awesome things.

tiny crab

brittle starts, actually not brittle but very squirmy

tiny two-spot octopus, so cool!

While Eric and Dave fished, Dan, Clay and I went to a lovely sandy beach.  We played in the waves and froze, then just looked for cool shells and enjoyed the scenery.

This is the view from our room, across San Diego Bay is the city skyline. We had sunny 70 degree weather both days we spent there. It was amazing and awesome and needed! :)

Taiwan Xitou Forest

Wow, can it really be? My final post from my Taiwan pictures? It is. However, it is a big one, another dump of pictures because it was another place that I just really loved and couldn't take enough pictures! We drove up the mountains and stayed the night here.

Bamboo!!

Luckily the gift shop was well stocked in colorful umbrellas, we pretty much all needed one

All the umbrellas made for colorful hiking

I loved all the kinds of green! Ferns are the best.

Plants would grow right from the trunks of trees.

You can see the skywalk up above

big ferns

tiny ferns

Even the view straight up was awesome!

Rainbow Bridge

Hammerhead worm?!

Big centipede!

This roof was covered in green

Bamboo forest up close!

I love this little vine

Taiwanese Hobbit Hole?

Frog Heaven!