Californ-i.a.

I desperately needed a break from packing, so I'm posting these pics from a few years ago that I never got around to until now.  Enjoy!  I'm going to get around to the Oregon pics from 2013 before 2016 hits hahahaha!

La Jolla, Cali!

You know you're into music if you book your summer vacation around a hip hop festival in SoCal... We wanted to do something great for our anniversary in 2013, so we thought a mini-road trip through southern California would be fun.  Lo and behold, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to an all-day hip hop fest and BBQ presented itself, so we took it.  Here are some photos from Back2Basics 2013!

Sage Francis

Most of our motivation for hitting up this fest was the fact that The People Under the Stairs, The Pharcyde, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Sage Francis, and countless others were all going to be under one roof, for one day.  Who could pass that up?

People Under the Stairs

People Under the Stairs (Thes One in the front, Double K in the back)

The shows didn't disappoint.  Even Ladybug from Digable Planets made an appearance with Deltron!  We shared a picnic table with some people out back, had a beer and a burger at the backyard BBQ, and had a damn good time.  What a way to start out in Cali.

Jhet picked me some flowers for our hotel room :)

After that was our time at the beach.  We spent a day in La Jolla just exploring the beautiful scenery there.  What a freaking nice place to live if you can afford it!  

Jhet looks like he's in a postcard haha

Squirrel! Beach Squirrel!  So Cute!

The Mighty Jhetface!

We also went to the Birch Aquarium over in San Diego.  They have a wonderful seahorse section with so many different types I never knew existed!  I love seahorses.  They even had Sea Dragons!! 

Leafy Sea Dragon

Shark Eggs.  Cool.

We had also made a stop at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, which was really amazing.  They had a great Scrimshaw exhibit (check it out if you don't know what that is), and some fantastic gems and cameos from the Medici family that they explicitly did not want you to photograph.  Trust me when I say they were exquisite!

South Pacific Islanders exhibit of masks, art and instruments

We ended up in San Diego at the Regal Beagle, a chill little bar that we have a name affection for (The People Under the Stairs reference it in a song, we thought... turns out we were wrong haha).  Inspiration for a future brewery?  Who knows.  Either way, it was enoyable.

All in all this was a great trip.  We want to go back and explore northern California soon, starting in San Francisco (Monterey Bay Aquarium!) and road trippin' from there.  Love y'all, thanks for looking!