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Posted in: Exploring California, Food, Sightseeing

Liberty Station

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We explored Liberty Station and Market. We went midweek and it seemed like a lot of the shops were closed, but some of the restaurants open. There was a lot of outdoor seating options, which seemed to be a gathering space for people working on their laptops.

We stopped at Le Parfait. There were so many tempting goodies in the cases. I ended up with a Nutella macchiato and a chocolate almond croissant, which both were really good. I never would have tried a Nutella drink on my own, but the barista recommended it.

Liberty Station used to be a Navy barracks and training center. While walking around, it appeared that not all of the buildings had been renovated and reused yet. There was a lot of open green space which would be great for hanging out and enjoying a book or any goodies you bought from the stores. It looked like it would be a really neat area when everything was open. (When we drove by on the weekend, it looked packed, so maybe more things were open on weekends?)

On our drive out, we saw some ship canons.

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Haircut, Starbucks, and a Circus

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Once we got home, Ben watched over the boys while I got a couple of hours to myself. It was amazing to get my “introvert” time. I definitely came back feeling refreshed (and not as cranky). Best hubby ever!

My first stop was Great Clips for a long overdue haircut. I had tried cutting my own hair during the beginning of stay-at-home for COVID, but cutting it in the RV seemed way more challenging. I do ok cutting the boys’ hair, but it’s challenging to cut your own. I thought I had done ok until the hair dresser showed me a section that was an inch or so shorter than the rest of my hair. Whoops!

I checked in online to cut down on my wait time at the store. Masks are required indoors by the person getting their hair cut and by the stylist. They were only doing cuts, no washes or coloring. It was so nice to get some length off and it felt so much better!

Next, I stopped at a nearby Starbucks for a coffee. I was going to sit there and read, but they didn’t have a lot of available indoor seating and no outdoor seating. It was also 100 degrees outside, so I sat in the truck and read for a little bit while drinking my coffee.

When I finished my coffee and book, I headed back home. After catching up with what the boys had been up to, we headed out to adventure. Our first stop was Circus Circus. It has not changed very much from the last time I had seen it. The rides and arcade were running though. (Video of game/ride walk through)

We stopped at Walmart in the search for a new hat. They were switching over to winter gear (it’s 100 degrees out still!) and only had baseball hats. We saw someone getting arrested outside of Walmart (this makes the 3rd person we have seen arrested so far in Vegas).

We headed north of the city and found one of my favorite stores, Target! We didn’t have any luck there either in regards to hats. We did stop at Smith’s (Kroger) for some groceries and picked up Chipotle for dinner. This was a much nicer area of town than where the campground is. I enjoyed shopping out there!

Posted in: Exploring Utah, Food, Sightseeing

Trying Local Bakeries

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Friday the boys did not have live school sessions, so we ran moved back the start of school by an hour and ran into Moab to try some of the local bakeries. They were usually open from 7:00 am until 12 or 2pm. It hadn’t worked out yet to try them with school hours.

We found a parking spot near our first stop, Red Rock Bakery. We grabbed a plain and an everything bagel with cream cheese. They were delicious! It is a really cute bakery.

We walked over to Doughbird. It is a super cute donut shop. They also sell chicken at 11:00, but we were too early for that. Nick was very disappointed. We got an Oreo Cheesecake, a Caramel Apple Pie, and Raspberry Delight donuts. These looked like more artisan type of donuts.

Next stop was just for me…coffee! It was a very nice mocha, which I really enjoyed. We also got a cinnamon roll there.

Our final stop was at The Donut Shop. This shop had more traditional donuts. We bought a few donut holes, a Bavarian Cream with chocolate icing (like a Boston Cream), a raised glaze, and a Raspberry Bismark (filled).

Donuts were definitely more expensive in Moab than at home. A glaze was $1 and the other donuts were $2 to $3 per donut.

We brought our goodies home and cut them up so everyone could experience each one.

The Raspberry Delight and Raspberry Bismark were everyone’s favorites for the donuts.

After breakfast, the boys worked on homework. When they were done with school for the day, I took them to the pool and worked on laundry.

It was the night before we left for our next stop, so we also started getting ready and packing up. It was a pretty good day.

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