Comments on: Plan a staycation http://www.rookiemoms.com/plan-a-staycation/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first years of motherhood. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Debbie Dubrow http://www.rookiemoms.com/plan-a-staycation/comment-page-1/#comment-61001 Debbie Dubrow Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:05:12 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com//?p=609#comment-61001 Santa Cruz is so lovely, have a wonderful time (and see whether you can bring your babysitter with you!)

]]> By: Chris http://www.rookiemoms.com/plan-a-staycation/comment-page-1/#comment-59457 Chris Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:12:20 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com//?p=609#comment-59457 Great ideas! This year my my husband has taken two weeks off but my parents are taking the kids for one of those weeks. So we’ll be kid free and husband will be fancy free. Too bad poor me has to work. Oh well!

It was so great to meet you at BlogHer. I was searching around for an email address. Email me if you get a moment.

]]> By: Megan http://www.rookiemoms.com/plan-a-staycation/comment-page-1/#comment-58753 Megan Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:49:18 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com//?p=609#comment-58753 Although I dream of sipping margaritas by a pool in Mexico it was not happening with our new baby. So we looked closer to home and also settled on the Santa Cruz mountain town of Felton. It met our #1 criteria- within a nap’s length drive for our car hating baby. (Yes, I know babies usually love cars- ours doesn’t- yes, we’re sure.) We stayed at the Fern River Resort. Decent cabins with porches- some overlooking the small river. We grabbed sandwiches at the New Leaf Market and had a bottle of wine at the small Hallcrest Winery. Sat outside on the deck looking at the redwoods. For dinner we grabbed pre-marinated meat and some pre-made salads at the organic/natural New Leaf Market. Grabbed some corn at the Tuesdays Farmer’s Market and grilled it all up back at the cabin. Clean up was zero since everything was prepared or grilled.
The next day we walked around the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, and I would recommend getting there by train from Roaring Camp railroads in Felton. We didn’t, but I have done it in the past and it was great fun. After a relaxing nap back at the cabin we went for a walk in Henry Cowell State Park just up the road. We had dinner at La Bruschetta which was delicious. We sat on the patio under the redwoods and there is a small lawn area and a small sandbox for kids. The next morning, after stopping for homemade chai at The White Raven coffeeshop we headed home with our sleeping, quiet baby. A great getaway.

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