For Doug's birthday this year, I planned a special 4 day weekend getaway for the family. Originally, we were going to spend the weekend in Monterey, but after researching things to do in California, we decided to divide the time between two entirely different places~Redding(4 hours north)and Monterey Bay(2 1/2 hours west).
In Redding, we went to the Turtle Bay Exploration Museum and botanical gardens. The museum had a special Lego exhibit with 33 life-size exhibits. Daniel is such a huge Lego fan, we knew that he would love this museum. Bonus for us, we went a day that they were hosting a Lego building competition. There were 28 builders in his age category. Unfortunately, Daniel's awesome creation did not win, but he was interviewed and video-taped for the local paper and TV station. We did some trail walking along the Sacramento River. It was beautiful and the weather was perfect.
