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Authentic Maharashtrian Bhrala Karla Receipe

2019-09-17T20:37:00.003-07:00

Keto Diet: Cauliflower Rice Recipe

2019-09-17T20:37:00.001-07:00

Baked Hot wings Pizza hut Express

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Maharashtra Dessert Sheera Recipe

2019-09-17T20:35:00.001-07:00

3000 Miles & 14 Days Family Road Trip: Part 3

2019-01-06T19:05:00.001-08:00

Day 12: Morro Bay and US-1 Scenic drive to Carmel (276 Miles)
After nice breakfast in Solvang we drove towards Morro Bay, this little town had beautiful park just next to the Beach and the beach itself was Beautiful, Calm and lots of Fun. After Morro Bay we started our Scenic drive on US-1 stopping at several beautiful locations on the way.

We explored the beautiful Coast, also the habitats of Sea life like Elephant seals along the Coast. We stopped at several beautiful spots including Mcway Falls, Vista Point and other points along the way. Finally we drove to our next destination in San Jose where we stayed at SpringHill Suites San Jose.

Day 13: Lake Shasta Caverns(490 Miles)
We started from San Jose with aim to reach Lake Shasta Caverns on time before 1pm so we can book the ticket for Shasta Caverns tour at 2pm. We reached around 1.15pm and booked the Tour, the tour started at 2 pm with short walk, Boat Ride across the lake and Bus ride to the Caves. The Caverns are amazing to explore you get to watch the Structure's in Cave that have formed over 1000 years. After around 2 hours tour we started towards Roseburg for our night stay at Super 8.

Day 14: Drive back to Seattle from Roseburg(350 Miles)
Last leg of trip we drove from Roseburg to Seattle, we felt really tired when we realized our trip is finally over and we need to get back to our Routine Life. We thought we could have done more and expected the trip lasted forever...

3000 Miles & 14 Days Family Road Trip: Part 2

2019-01-05T22:44:00.002-08:00

Day6: Six Flags Adventure and drive to San Diego
Six Flags had so many things we decided to continue our Adventure next day as well and enjoyed the park till evening . We started our drive towards Hilton Garden Inn Valencia Six Flags at 7.00 pm and reached the hotel around 9.30 pm. On the way we picked up some Indian food so we can have the Dinner at hotel.

Day 7: San Diego day 1: USS Midway, Space Museum and Food Truck Festival.
In San Diego we started with visiting USS Midway spending around 2-3 hours exploring this Military Aircraft carrier, it has self guided radio tour which is good way of exploring the ship at your own pace. The weather was really good so we explored the Marina and walked to Seaport Village where we had parked the Car, also we had really good fish Tacos and Calm chowder at one the restaurants for Lunch.

Next we visited the San Diego Air & Space Museum it was good to see the Apollo 9 capsule and Moon rock, there were other interesting exhibits.
After the museum we decided to explore the Balboa park we took a free Tram ride to the center of the park to the Food truck festival going on. There was multiple Music, Shows and other interesting activities going on which were fun.

Day 8: San Diego day 2: Zoo, Miniature Train and Fleet Science center.
We reached the Zoo around 8.30am and started with Zoo Bus Tour and explored the rest of the zoo till 4.00 pm, it was lot of fun and interest for entire family. We walked from the Zoo to Miniature train the kids had fun riding the Train that takes you around the Park. Our next stop was the Fleet Museum where we had planned to catch up one of the IMAX movies, before the movie we got opportunity to explore the various interesting Science exhibits. Fleet museum is interesting for Kids and Adults you can spend hours experimenting with Science exhibits we felt that we should have spend more time there.

Day 9: San Diego day 3: SeaWorld
We spend the entire day enjoying the various Rides, Shows and Activities at Sea-world it was lot of fun. The highlight of the day was the Sea Lion & Otter, Dolphin and Orca shows along with Kids rides.

San Diego is famous for Mexican food, we had really good Fish and Shrimp Tacos at Rubio's

Day 10: San Diego day 4: LegoLand
Again we devoted the entire day to enjoy the Rides, Shows and Activities at Lego Land with tons of Fun stuff including there new Ride Deep Sea Adventure. As it was new year Lego Land had lot of Christmas and New year decorations all over the park and they had Fireworks which was really good to see with the special glasses where it looks like Lego bricks exploding in the Sky.

Day 11: Venice beach and Drive to Solvang

We bid farewell to San Diego and reached Venice beach after 2 hours drive. We spend almost 6 hours enjoying the happening beach and local cuisine. At around 4pm we started towards Solvang where we had planned to stay for that Night at Wine Valley Inn . Solvang is beautiful town with Danish-style architecture, also due to Christmas and New year it had lights all over the town.

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3000 Miles & 14 Days Family Road Trip: Part 1

2019-01-05T21:18:00.001-08:00

It was December 1st week I realized that Holidays are almost near and I haven't planned any thing for the Holidays. Kids had two week vacation and I had Vacation Leaves which were about to expire so going somewhere for Holidays was must and with almost last minute everything from Air Tickets and popular vacation Places where super expensive. Last time I had done a 9 day road trip, so I decided to go for another Road trip with my own Car(Hyundai Elantra) and I booked Hotels using Expedia to ensure that if it doesn't work out I will cancel it. Here is itinerary and others details that I followed...

Day1: Seattle to Reno(705 miles, Good drive with Snow patch in Mountains)

Early morning started from Seattle at 5.00 am and drove non stop to Portland around 3 hours. First stop was Voodoo Doughnuts a Famous place in Portland for Doughnuts.
https://www.voodoodoughnut.com/

Next we had quick breakfast at MacDonald and Lunch stop at Subway on the way and drove towards Reno. Being December we had to drive through a Snow patch(2-3 miles) in Mountains which was risky and super slow, though I was carrying snow chains didn't need them. Also we took 2-3 small breaks on the way and reached Reno around 8.00 pm.
My family loves Chinese cuisine and we had a really good dinner at Two Guys from Hong Kong
http://renochinesegourmet.com/.
Finally we checked in at Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno around 9.30pm.

Day2: Reno to South Lake Tahoe and back (120 Miles, Pleasant drive)

After Breakfast we drove from Reno to South lake Tahoe with first stop at Logan Shoals Vista Point which had a good view of the Lake. Next stop within few minutes drive was Cave Rock state point this again had good view of the Lake and the surrounding Snow Mountains, including the view of the Cave Rocks.

Originally we had planned to go to the Heavenly Gondola for a trip to the Top of Mountains but its was Cloudy so I was skeptical. On the way we noticed the Snow activities just beside the Harrah's Lake Tahoe resort and enjoyed the Snowmobiling and Snow tubing activities.

After around 2.5 hours of fun Snow activities we decide to drive back to Reno to our Resort. The entire drive was pleasant around 80 minuets each way from Reno to South Lake Tahoe and back.

Day3: Reno to Pahrump nevada(394 miles, Pleasant Drive)

We started in the morning towards our next destination Death Valley Nation park, our Hotel was booked in Holiday Inn Express at Pahrump Nevada.
This drive was beautiful we took multiple breaks on the way including a stop at Walker Lake

Originally I had planned take a stop at Area 51 alien center and explore if I could drive towards Area 51 taking the dirt road, but when I spoke with the lady at the Center I realized it could be hard drive especially something you should not try with family and kids. So I dropped it and drove directly to the destination reaching the Hotel around 7 pm.

Day4: Death Valley National Park and drive towards Valencia Six Flags (308 miles)

We drove from Hotel to Death Valley making our First stop at Dante's View with a great view of the Valley and Badwater Basin. Next stop was Zabriskie Point with unique Landscape of the valley and also we did a small trek in the valley.

Later stops were at Devil's Golf Course and Badwater basin, Badwater basin was few miles walk to the center of the Basin so it took more time than planned. On the way back we took the Artist Drive with amazing views of Artists Palette.

Though we had planned for few other points due to early sunset we didn't had the opportunity and decided to drive towards Carlsbad our next destination. It was already dark so the drive out of the valley with curves and steep inclined roads was one of the hardest and stressful drive. We reached our Hotel Hilton Garden Inn Valencia Six Flags around 9 pm.

Day5: Six Flags Adventure
Six Flags was long due on my list of Adventure so over next two days we enjoyed all the Thrill and Fun rides at Six Flag. As it was Christmas and Year end celebration going on Six Flags had Lighting, Music and other Special activities going on in the Park. Kids had lots of fun too enjoying the rides in the Kids and Family section and all the other activities going on in the Park.