love letters

Dear Em,

* This is the last of 5 posts recapping our California adventure. See also California Love: Where were you during the blizzard of 2013?, California Love: the Food, California Love: 10 Things to do in San Francisco, & California Love: Wine Country *

"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep."

- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Muir Woods National Monument was one of my favorite stops during our vacation. It was just so magical. I wanted to run around and play hide & seek, using the giant Red Woods as cover. I wanted to sit at the base of a giant tree & read for hours. I wanted to climb (which totally isn't allowed, I broke the rules by going off the path to hug a tree). Wouldn't it be wicked cool to have a forest like this where we live?

Sigh, Red Woods, I think I will miss you most of all. Em, let's put this on the list of magical places I want to take you.

I love you so,

Mommy