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The Sunkel Family
A Family & Lifestyle Blog
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Happy New Year!
Hi Everyone! We've been gone for a while but we have a ton of new content and baby stories to share with you! So stay tuned for that!...
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Fun Family Adventure Takes A Hike at John Muir's Mist Trail To Vernal Falls At Yosemite National
Melanie and have always been avid adventurers constantly searching for trails off the beaten path. Obviously, now that we have children...
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A Fun Family Adventrous Drive On The Brilliant King's Canyon National Scenic Byway
If you pass through Kings Canyon National Park to go to Grant's Grove and keep driving on highway 180, you will end up driving along one...
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Fun Family's Giant AdventureThrough the Epic Grant Tree Trail
A lot of the time when people think about California's forests, the state's behemoth Sequoia tees immediately stand out in people's minds...
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Washburn Point Is Perfect For Family Photos
Our first stop on our adventure about an hour inside Yosemite National Park, is the beautiful and often passed by, Washburn Point. The...
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Fun Family Adventure Aboard Flagship Cruise's Spirit of San Diego Harbor Cruise
San Diego! Oh how you hold an extremely special place in Mel and I's hearts. There is just something very unique about San Diego and...
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Fun Family Underground Adventure In The Sunny Jim Sea Cave, La Jolla, CA
Want to go on a super cool fun family underground adventure in the heart of downtown La Jolla just outside of San Diego? Well then you...
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Seal Cove, La Jolla, CA
While visiting the San Diego area, we made a quick stop in La Jolla for a day. This beachside city is quintessential SoCal, from the...
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Fun Family Adventure Floats On At Sebago Lake, ME
In the summers of 2008 and 2009, Phil worked as a photography counselor at Camp Takajo in Naples, ME on Long Lake. While working there,...
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Fun Family Adventure Road Trips Through Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park, will always be a special place to Melanie and I, we did after all get engaged on top of Stony Man on Skyline...
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