Your GypsyNesters take a Glamping adventure of a lifetime up California’s Pacific Coast Highway!Follow us from Santa Monica to Santa Barbara to Beverly Hills – yes – Beverly Hills, as we discover what the Glamping Life is all about!… CONTINUE READING >>
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Great trip!!!! and glamping is on our Bucket List!!!
You guys are great!!! We loved glamping with you!! Time to plan a trip for The Roaming Boomers and GypsyNesters to create some great experiences together! Love ya Both!!
Right back at you! Sounds like a plan.
I’m not an empty nester but I totally relate to wanting to get rid of the “nest.” Now to do it! You guys are inspiring!
Thanks. When the time comes you can do it, the scary part is just taking the plunge.
That sounds like a great road trip! I especially love the “I Love Lucy” photograph of glamping.
Looks like you guys had a great time.
You two scouted a west coast road-trip for us…thank you! We’ll take our Prius, though, as it’s averaging 51mpg after a year. My favorite roller coaster EVER was at Pacific(Ocean)Park, known way back as P.O.P. The “Cyclone Racer” was wooden, rickety, and jarringly wild! 25 cents a ride-yeah!!
We love a good old rickety wooden coaster ourselves… although they can give quite a beating to the old bod. Have fun.
Looks like a lot of fun in a fun car on a fun trip to fun places with fun folks! How much freakin fun can you have in one lifetime??? Love you funlovers!!! Wish you could bring that fun car to see us soon!
Oh, I love me a car with technology. I don’t miss the days of begging my sweet pahtootie to let us stop and ask for directions.
What a lovely trip! Lucky Veronica is equal to the glamorous part!
Hahaha! Yeah, she Glamps well once she gets the llama dirt off of her! We were really surprised about the tech stuff too. Not only voice activated but touch screen. Not getting lost is a huge plus! -David
Did I hear someone call my name
. Seriously, it was a blast traveling and getting to know the Gypsy Nesters. What a cool boomer couple. You’ve captured our Toyota glamping adventure perfectly!
Thanks. Was great getting to glamp with you too!
I have never heard of glamping but now that you have introduced me to the concept, I am ready to go….just say the word!
They even had housekeeping service…crazy…and well received! -Veronica
You guys just make me laugh. So hard. All the time. I’m jelly like a fish of your super fancy fun glamping road trip! That car looks like it fits right in anywhere! Are you going to be on the next commercial?
Thanks, always glad to provide a laugh! Don’t know about a commercial but we’d be game for it.
I love those commercials too! This was a wonderful adventure you went on and I’m sure you spent quite a bit of time pinching yourself to make sure it was real. Love the area you were in too and will definitely have to check out the yurts. They look like fun fun fun!
Isn’t the yurt out of control? We also had one called a “hospitality” yurt for gatherings that was amazing. But, alas, I was so amazed I forgot to take pics! Doh.
As usual I’m envious of you two, both for the sweet ride and the glamping. Admittedly “real camping” tends to set off alarms in my head (Bugs! No A.C.! No Bathing!), so glamping sounds perfect. And the car–damn. Makes me wish I lived somewhere where I needed one.
Did I mention the envy? Grr.
Hahaha! Could it be envy you’re feeling?
What an amazing trip and adventure!! You guys make that Venza look good
I love living vicariously through you and seeing what’s up and coming. Happy trails and until next time, party on Wayne!
Glamping?!?!! are you kidding? that is the only way i well EVER camp!!!!!
this trip is amazing!!!!!!!! I absolutely need to do a major road trip in my life…. maybe i can just smuggle myself into your trunk????
Why am I imagining those little nesting dolls from Russia? You in the Venza, the Venza in our suitcase. Our devious plan is getting harder and harder! -Veronica
What a hoot! You guys always have the best adventures!
I have always been a huge fan of Toyota and once a year my best friend and I go on a short “glamping” trip of our own! You, David and Toyota may have just solved the problem of which car to get next! Thanks for all the fun you guys share with us!
Our pleasure!
Sounds like you had a great time! I know I’d rather glamp than camp any day. Nice car too:-)
Have to admit – it’s WAY more civilized – and easier on the ol’ back! David
You guys ROCK! When I grow up….well if wishes were money we’d ALL be wealthy. But til then, I enjoy living vicariously through your blog and Facebook posts. Miss you and the theater days in STX. If you ever get up to the Poconos, come see us. We’d love to Glamp with you! Roni, you sure do Rick that Venza. I’m sure David rocked it too!
Hey Eric! So great to see you here – we miss you guys too and may just pop in on you when you least expect it. We should check out your neck of the woods for a glamping spot – we can sit around the campfire and talk about the “old days.” -Roni
I was always a Nissan guy, but I’ve been keeping up with your story and well, i now own a fully loaded Tundra that has everything but leather tires…lol
You two really are living the life of Gypsy Nesters! Thanks for sharing once again your fab adventures! The yurt in El Capitan Canyon is calling my name!
Isn’t that amazing? We had no idea a yurt could be so posh!
Thanks for the ab workout, you guys!
That shot of the glamp-fire conundrum had me in stitches & we are always looking forward to your next adventure…
I have to be honest, I feel like we missed the party to have you SO close and not spot you while in LA, but all we probably would have seen is that beautiful green-pearl blur!
They should have let you keep it. You two would surely have provided a stable, loving home (…well, loving anyway!)
Keep us posted!
Yeah, leave it to me to not quite get it!
My little black dress fared much better in Beverly Hills!
I think Pearl may be having withdrawls from us as much as we are from her. She didn’t fit in our suitcase… -Veronica
Once again you guys did it!!! Since we are looking for something to tow behind the new motor home,( I was looking at the Fiat). After reading this story we are going out tomorrow to look at the Toyota. I tell ya…..you 2 did it right for everyone. Love the pictures and can’t wait to get the motor home from Vegas to Ca, towing the car and taking it up the coast following in your footsteps. Thanks for leading the way on all counts. You both never cease to amaze Rich and myself. When we grow up……….well we want to be like you!
It’s a beautiful drive – it would be the perfect first trip for you guys! El Capitan has a campground for RVs too – be sure to stop in and tell them we say “hey!” We did ALL THE WAY up the coast a few years ago and it was incredible, so don’t stop until you hit Canada – or better yet – keep going!
Only you guys could make a Toyota (or any other car) look like so much fun!!
Hahaha! It was a blast – we hadn’t driven in California for a while and had forgotten just how fun the Pacific Coast Highway could be!
What a great trip–especially because you didn’t even have to PAY for it! But I can see why Toyota wanted you to represent their vehicle. You two make the travelin’ gypsy kidless lifestyle sound like PARADISE, especially to me–still in the sandwich generation, having returned (in a Honda CRV) from a trip to PEI with my 80 year-old mom and two teens in the back seat, my husband riding shotgun…I’m definitely fantasizing about doing what you do ASAP! Veronica, you definitely missed your calling as a TV talk show hostess.
Hey Holly – enjoy every moment of your teens that you can, THEN come join us in the wonderful wider world – we’ll be waiting for ya! OR better yet – come be a guest on the talk show
-Veronica
I live in the bay area and one of my favorite trips with my man is going to Santa Monica, staying near Lowes, walking the Pier, eating at Lobsters, etc. You brought back great memories,and also prove that we empty nesters sure know how to have a good time. Fun post!
Heck yeah – nesters rock! We can certainly see why this drive is one your favorites.
As a relatively newbie Boomeresque travel blogger I am intensely jealous–let’s say cyprus pearl with envy. You guys and Donna Hull are my heroes (and I’ll have to check out the other bloggers Toyota invited). This type of camping would appeal to lots of Baby Boomers for whom real camping was soooo yesterday. My husband and I have driven the gorgeous Pacific Coast highway both ways from San Francisco. My husband was close to agreeing to trying out an RV on the trip north(one of my fantasies), but the price for one way rentals was astronomical, so we had to settle for staying in charming bed and breakfast places instead
Sounds like a fantabulous trip. Write on!
Cyprus Pearl with envy… LOL!
It was fab – and you’re right – Donna is amazing.