Schoelmans Visit Cali!

Towards the end of the summer part of my family made it out to California, but they didn't come solely to visit us. My sister, Liddy who is a senior in high school this year was competing in Junior Olympics for water polo. Stanford was hosting the event so we spent four days down in the Palo Alto area. It is a gorgeous area of California and since we had lots of down time in between games, I got to really know the area.

Don't mess with her!

Walking around the Stanford area in between games

Half Moon Bay

One Infinite Loop in Cupertino! We are geeks on our iPhones.

Santa Cruz with the infamous boardwalk behind us

After the tournament, we made our way up to Sacramento for four days with my parents. We did all kinds of fun stuff... Lake Tahoe, Amador County wine tasting, Muir Woods, San Francisco, you know, the usual. ;)

Lake Tahoe in the background

Dipping our toes in Lake Tahoe

They are taking cycling to a whole other level

Wine tasting at Helwig

Our last stop. Can you tell? :P

Muir Woods!

Beautiful little sister with some incredible redwoods behind her.

Hiking along the trails in Muir Woods

Lunch in Sausalito overlooking the bay. You can see San Fran in the background

Golden Gate bridge

Walking along the Fisherman's Wharf

The seals are back at Pier 39!

Last night for the parents in Cali - at The Shack!

We had so much fun and hosted the most number of people in our house yet. Poor Liddy was a good sport and slept on the couch until my parents left. Luckily for them, Liddy plans to compete in JO's next summer so they'll be back to Cali soon. Next year will be in Orange County so I can't wait to explore SoCal.

Thanks mom and dad for coming to visit us in California and being great guests!