On February 18, 2017 we packed up a rented minivan and took off on a 10-day, epic family adventure. Thanks to the Make-a-Wish organization, we were off to California to visit Disneyland, Legoland and most importantly to show Dax the ocean.
He loves water with a sweet passion and he had always wanted to see big, blue waves. As I prepared for this trip, the Led Zepplin song “Going to California” played in my head for weeks.
Partly because I just watched Brandi Carlile cover the song at a pretty amazing party, but mostly because of this lyric: “Going to California with an aching in my heart.” It took me some time to get excited about this trip for two reasons.
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