The cloudy mountains

Posted on May 10, 2019 by haleyhawkes

It was a cloudy weekend in the mountains this May. Suprisingly spring has already come but its so cloudy! We drove up APS and found a great little spot to park the car. It was an amazing veiw up at the top of the ridge. We could see all of Santa Barbara and more.

The clouds were just rolling over the hills and it was such a beautiful sight. The mountains were all green from all of the rain that we got this winter.

This was the veiw from the top of the ridge right next to the car. You can see all of Santa Barbara and the ocean. I love going up to the mountains especially when its cloudy because it puts everything in perspective. You can see the whole town fro so high up and it just looks so pretty. It was also nice that it was cloudy because sometimes if you go up there and its supper sunny it gets to hot and uncomfortable. When your that high up you can basically stay up there for hours. We were up there for about three hours just watching the beautiful veiw.

On our way down from the mountains we stopped at butterfly beach and ate some food. There were suprisingly more clouds on the mountains than there were at the beach. The tide was pretty low and there weren’t really any waves so it was a really nice day there. It was still freezing outside but once you were in the sun for a little bit, you warmed up pretty fast.

Overall, it was an amazing weekend filled with beautiful sights that made me feel like a tourist in my own town! The beach and the mountains here are so lovely, if you haven’t visited them recently I would highly recommend it! Especially the mountains this time of year because the rivers and creeks are all flowing and the hill sides are all green and lush.

Anyway, thanks for reading, “The couldy mountians,” I hoped you enjoyed my blog this week. Like and comment if you did! Stay tuned for next weeks addition of, “Hawkes Tales!”

-Haley Hawkes

Stagecoach!

Posted on May 3, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This weekend I went to Stagecoach! Stagecoach is in Indio, Palm Desert. I went with my mom and good friend Paige. We stayed in Rancho Las Palmas, we actually own a condo there, but my cousins were staying in it and there wasn’t enough room, so we rented one in the same place, and even visited my cousins that were right down the road.

Paige slept over at my house Thursday night, so that we could leave early Friday morning. We got on the road at about 9, and watched movies and napped on the drive there. We stopped by the venue and picked up our VIP passses, tickets, wristbands, and shuttle passes. We were off the the condo next. It was a great condo right by the pool with three rooms, one for each of us.

That night Luke Bryan was playing, we was the most popular and my favorite. Paige and I showered and got ready, then we took the shuttle to the concert. We walked around a little and got lemonade while the opening bands and singers played, then we met my mom at our seats by the stage for Luke Bryan.

He was an amazing singer and great performer. It was quite a show!

We made the mistake of staying for the whole time, which ended at 12am, then we had to get on the shuttle with EVERYONE! It took us 2 and a half hours to get home because the shuttles were full and thousands of people were all leaving at the same time. We finally got back at 2:30am. Even though we only were staying about 25 minutes away.

The next day we slept in to about 12:30pm, we were so tired from the night before. We hung out at the condo, ate breakfast and went in the pool and even vistited my cousins that were near by.

That night we arrived and saw Cole Swindell, and Sam Hunt, who were great performers and put on an amazing show.

That night we left before they were over and managed to get home by 12:45am, which was much better than the night before. When Paige and I got back we put on face masks and went in the hot tube to relax and unwind.

The last day, Sunday, my mom left early to go to the spa, so Paige and I chilled at the condo and watched Forensic Files, ate ice cream, took a bath, and then when my mom got back she took us down the way to visit Tiffany and Hayden at there house that was about 5 minutes away. After we hung out with Tiffany and Hayden my mom got us cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory, we ate some of it and saved the rest for later in the hot tub. We got ready and went to see Jason Aldean. That was a great show and a fun night. Paige and I were dancing and singing and having a blast.

The next day we left early and got home at about 3. It was a long ride but we were glad to be home.

I miss Palm Desert already!

Thanks for reading, “Stagecoach!” This weeks addition of Hawkes Tales!

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-Haley Hawkes

Miramar Beach

Posted on April 12, 2019 by haleyhawkes

Miramar beach is one of my favorite places in Santa Barbara. Because I live right by there I go all the time now, i’ll bring my dog Bronx and we’ll walk up and down the beach for what seems like forever.

In the future I would love to travel around the world to exotic palaces but I could never imagine living anywhere but here. Santa Barbara and the beaches that line our coast are absolutely amazing.

Personally I think that the sunsets at Miramar are the best during the winter, but there is nothing better than the long nights in the summer. When its wam out i’ll take my dog to this beach and he’ll play in the waves and come back super sandy and smelling like the beach, he loves coming here almost as much as I do.

Recently they have rebuilt the “Miramar,” I haven’t been yet, but from the outside it looks beautiful. I think that this hotel is good and bad, it is good because it is another beautiful attraction on my favorite beach, but its bad because then there is a lot more “traffic” which ultimately makes the beach less peaceful.

I think that this beach is the prettiest at night. Because there are houses all aligned along the sand, as soon as it gets dark all of the lights on the houses light up the beach again. The silhouettes of the trees and the ocean makes it look like a painting.

To the left side of Miramar, past all the rocks is a little cove, called Sharks Cove. When I was little my dad and I would walk along the whole beach all the way to this little cove and eat sandwiches and jellybeans, that was one of my favorite childhood memories. I will never forget this beach and one day I would love to live right on it, ands wake up every morning to the beautiful veiw.

Thanks for reading, “Miramar Beach,” this weeks addition of Hawkes Tales. Comment and like is you enjoyed this post, and stay tuned for next weeks blog!

-Haley Hawkes

Spring Break in Mammoth

Posted on April 2, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This spring break I went to Mammoth Mountain. I met a lot of people up there and we all skied and snowboarded. It was so much fun to be in the snow again, I already want to go back!

We went to the park on the mountain and everyone went off jumps. I was filming Lucas, Stuart, and alll the other guys. There were lots of falls, but it was worth it.

We made it to the top of the mountain, the snow was great and the weather was perfect that day. The runs at the top were super hard and black diamonds, but it was a lot of fun.

The next days were very windy, and it even snowed. It was so pretty to look out on the balcony and see the tress covered in white and the whole place looked like it came out of a Christmas book.

The drive back was long, about six hours, but we made a stop at a bakery in Bishop that was only about an hour from Mammoth. It was a long ride with my three younger siblings in the car being as loud as can be, but luckily we made it home just fine.

It was a very pretty ride back though. The mountains had just been snowed on and the sky cleared up. There was so much snow everywhere and the sight was so beautiful.

We made on last stop on our way home, the Poppy Fields. It was a Poppy reserve and it went on for miles. We figured we would never really come all the way out there just to see the Poppies, so we decided it was a stop that we needed to take. All my siblings loved it and it was a beautiful sight.

Over all, our trip to Mammoth was a success and a great way to spend spring break. I’m planning another trip soon, and I cant wait to go back there again!

Thanks fir reading this weeks addition of Hawkes Tales, I hope you all enjoyed “Spring Break in Mammoth!” Like and Comment!

-Haley Hawkes

The Snowy Sequoias

Posted on March 20, 2019 by haleyhawkes

It was a six hour bus ride from Santa Barbara high school to the Montecito Sequoia Retreat. I went to this retreat with the sophomore MAD class.

This is Kendall and the rest of the class in the common area as soon as we got off the bus. Everyone was so excited to be in the snow, and couldn’t wait for the first adventure. In the common areas we played ping-pong relax on the couches, and hung out with everyone during the downtime, in between snowboarding sledding, hiking, and skiing. The first activity we did was walking around the frozen lake and then finding hills to sled down, it was so much fun to be in the snow. The second day we went on a beautiful hike up to the top ridge of the mountains and looked out over all the sequoias. On this retreat we weren’t allowed to have our phones except for on the bus going there and coming back from the retreat, so there are no pictures of the ridge but it was so beautiful I don’t know how I could ever forget it. Later that day we all went snowboarding, we made jumps and snowboarded off of those, hiked through the trees and came down in the powder, we did this for about four hours. There was a ton of snow! It was a great experience and i’m so glad I went!

On the way back home the buses made a stop, at the Sequoia national Forest. We took a little walk through all of the trees and learned a little bit about them, they were so tall and beautiful, it was amazing.

This is Hayden and I standing in front of the giant sequoias, we had a great time looking at all of the trees and being in the snow.

I would say that the sophomore retreat in the snowy sequoias was a hit, everyone had so much fun and it was a great experience. I hope I can go back another time!

Thanks for reading The Snowy Sequoias, this weeks edition of Hawkes Tales! Like and comment if you liked this post, and stay tuned for next week’s!

-Haley Hawkes

Peter’s Place

Posted on March 12, 2019 by haleyhawkes

This weekend I went to Peters house for a little party. Andrew, Hayden, Paige, Peter, Tiffany, Eric, Harison, Stuart, Haile, and I were all there. We had a blast in the pool room, singing dancing, and playing games like pool.

Paige once we finished setting up the bed! Almost ready ready for party time!

Paige came over to my house to get ready before we went to Peters, we got the guest house all set up for our sleep over, and waited for Stuart to pick us up. Once he got us, we went to Chick-Fil-A because Stuart was hungry, Paige and I already ate at my house though. Then we picked up Haile and went off to Peters.

Tiff and Hayden squished on Peters chair!

Tiff and Hayden were posing for me squished on the chair and having a great time watching some of the guys all play pool. After all the dancing we were all pretty tired.

Eric, Andrew, Harrison, and Lucas all having a great time after playing cards

We were all in the pool room and all of a sudden Paige just bursts in and yells, “guys I found a cat!” We all ran up to Peters cat, and it was definitely the fattest cat I have ever seen. Paige definitely loved the cat but that poor cat wanted to get away from her as soon as possible.

Stuart holding the whipped cream, Hayden, Peter, Tiffany, and Paige, with the Gatorade

Stuart squirted the whipped cream all of Peters face, and everyone was laughing so hard, it definitely was a funny night.

After Peters house Eric drove us back to my house where Paige, Tiffany, Peter, Eric, and I all spent the night in my guest house. We watched movies and ate snacks, finally falling asleep at 5 am! It was a fun night!

Thanks for reading “Peters Place,” this weeks addition of Hawkes Tales!

Like and comment if you liked it, there will be plenty more blogs coming so stay tuned for next weeks!

-Haley Hawkes

Oh Brothers

Posted on February 13, 2019 by haleyhawkes

Oh brothers, they are pretty crazy and fun, but definitely a handful. I have to say though, they make life a lot more exciting. Above, is Maddox with his kitten Phoenix. Maddox is four years old and we’ve had Phoenix for about 4 months. I was sick this week so Maddox and I spent a lot of time together just relaxing, watching movies, and playing with the kitten!

That cat doesn’t seem to be having all that much fun.

Maddox again, this time with a different kitten from the barn, he really loves cats.

This is Cole, he is 7 years old and he’s definitely the 2nd grade class clown. In this picture Cole stuffed his shirt with a pillow and surrounded himself with butter, chocolate sauce, cheese puffs, and chocolate chips, the most unhealthy things he could find in the house.

For some reason Maddox and the pig fell asleep together in Maddox’s bed! I don’t even know how that happened

Maddox and Cole with our little piglet, Bhodi! There are so many animals in our house, it seems like Cole and Maddox always have one in their arms.

This is Cole with Louie, a horse at the barn, getting all snuggled up of course!

Cole always loved this horse, Louie, they are both silly and full of energy, I guess thats why they get along so well. I feel like everywhere those brothers go they are getting into trouble. Maddox and Cole are definitely two little trouble makers. They’ll keep you on your toes, which sucks for me cause i’m the one always babysitting them!

Maddox on the right and Cole on the left, rocking the sunglasses and squirt gun.

These boys might be crazy but they sure are a blast. I couldn’t ask for better brothers and I’m very lucky to have these two amazing younger brothers in my life! As hard as it is to say, I love them and they mean the world to me.

Thanks for reading my blog this week, there will be plenty more where that came from.

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-Haley Hawkes

Rainy Week

Posted on February 7, 2019 by haleyhawkes

It was a crazy, cold, and rainy week in SB! But it definitely was beautiful at Butterfly beach in the moonlight. ~

Even though we were practically freezing, the moon was so bight and beautiful we had to see what it was like at the beach that late at night. Turns out it was a whole lot of cold mixed with a whole lot of pretty, at least this was before the storm.

Our entire back yard was flooded!~

During the heavy rains this week there was an evacuation in Montectio, that’s where I live. Our house was right in the middle of both evacuation zones, so we were told to “shelter in place,” that was apparently the safest thing to do. The rain was coming down hard Friday, and especially Saturday Morning. The freeways were flooded, the streets were flooded, and the creeks were full to the brim. It seemed like it was muddy and wet everywhere. Our family, pets and house was luckily ok, but there was some pretty serious flooding in our yard. My little siblings put on their rain gear, and played in the muddy mess for what seemed like hours. In the picture above, thats my little brother Cole, age 7, he’s very outdoorsy and the first thing he did was go straight to the newly formed swamp in our yard.

This is another picture of our yard, of course there are toys everywhere, it’s a mess!

The picture above is when the rain finally started to slow down, Saturday at around noon. The yard was like one huge puddle! We couldn’t let the pony out of her paddock for days, she would try to role in the water. But at least the kids had fun splashing around in the muddy water.

This is Paige all bundled up, posing on Stuart’s truck, with her phone she’s dropped about 100 times. ~

After the crazy storm that weekend, and some rain earlier that week it got sunny! But not the warm beach day sunny, the 36 degrees, ice on your windows sunny. It was cold!

This is Tiffany, warm and cozy in the MAD lounge.

During this cold weather the best thing to do is bundle up and find a cozy chair, the MAD lounge at Santa Barbara High is definitely one of the best places to get away from the cold this week.

Tiffany again, posing on the truck in the bright bright sun! ~ Peace!~

It was a cold and rainy week, but it was a fun one too, there are plenty of adventures to have even when your stuck at home, or trying to stay warm at school.

More blogs coming! Stay tuned for next week, and comment if you liked this weeks rainy day addition!

Thanks for reading my blog,

-Haley Hawkes