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Hey kids,
Daddy here. The past week has been quite the adventure. We took a few days off and headed down to Santa Cruz to celebrate Al's 16th birthday. 16. As in almost old enough to drive a car. What!?
Anyway, the road trip was awesome as always. We camped at a place called Portola Redwoods State Park. It was out in the middle of nowhere, so we got a pretty good camping spot. The hill down to the bathroom did not seem very steep walking down but boy howdy on the way back up did it! One of the days we headed out to do some sightseeing we saw a totally cool Lighthouse that you guys were not interested at all. But I thought it was pretty awesome. Eventually, we headed to the beach. One of the days we went to the mission. The boys were very put off that we had to be there but Mom and I thought it was really cool again period after the mission we did one of the coolest things that the entire trip was too which was to hit the Mystery Spot. I still don't know how all that gravitational stuff works in there but it's pretty neat. After the Mystery Spot, we made time for another beach trip. On Al's birthday we headed for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. While we were parking Alex got a legendary on Clash Royale, but it turned out to be another Inferno dragon. The boardwalk however it was totally awesome we had some great rides we got a giant turkey leg, Alex got a fried Twinkie and even found 10 bucks on the ground. For dinner we went to a place called stagnaro Brothers. It was Italian seafood. Alex and I ended up getting the calamari steak for dinner and it was one of the best meals I've ever had. I wish we could do tricks like this more than just a handful of times a year. There Is No Greater Joy for me then when we all get to be together and go on adventures like this one. I hope when you guys grow up we will always find time to spend with the five of us together on your birthdays doing fun stuff. I love you guys, Daddy