Summer travels are in full swing for us at the moment. With a kid, a full-on toddler, and five dogs in tow, some moments are extremely trying, while others pierce the heart like magic-hour light, highlighting the realization that this is a core memory forever (captured on film).
This is the first year my daughter is processing the concept of a “summer holiday.” When she graduated from nursery a month ago, a wave of transitional grief surfaced as she tried to grasp whether she would ever see her teachers again, whether her best friend would return to school next year, and what exactly a summer holiday is.
So it has been a very inspiring initiation into showing her how wonderful the bountifulness of summer can be: the long days and beautiful weather, the abundance of produce from local farms, the extra time together as a family, and those summer evenings spent with friends, playing until the sun quite literally goes down.
We kicked off the first of three trips this summer with a visit to Yosemite (where I’m from) alongside my mom, my dear friends Ashley Neese and Olesya Rulin and their families. As we sat at Cathedral Beach, the kids ran freely through the river while the dads helped them build boats to float using sticks, pine needles, and bits of cordage. Teddy was in complete bliss. The next day, we had hearth-oven pizzas in an apple orchard, and Teddy looked at me and said, “This is summer break.” She could feel how wonderful it is.
It has given me a refreshed perspective on summer and how to make it notable, memorable, and, most importantly, deeply loving.
As we make our way to the other leg of our trip where we will be met with many many friends, and no kids in camp or school, my posts will be a little less intensive and more romantic these next two weeks.
This has also spilled over into the heirloom essentials I find myself packing and the habits that make these summer trips special - below.
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