Trips

We have yet to get back into trip mode following the pandemic, so don't pack your tea trunk just yet. 

When we get back in gear, here's what we have penciled in for tea-related trips. FYI, we include train travel whenver possible:
  • Gardens & Ghosts in Santa Barbara - a quick train trip up the coast where we'll visit botanical gardens, go to tea, take a ghost tour, and stay at a historic B&B
  • The Golden Spike! - walk in the footsteps of the characters from the upcoming upside-down-stairs novel set in 1881 San Francisco and Sacramento. 
  • Mining the Wild West - overnight in Julian, CA revisiting its days as a mining town 
  • Literary London trip to the UK with Scotland-Ireland Prologue and Bath Epilogue - celebrating the work of Gabaldon, Christie, Dickens, Doyle, Austen, Quinn, and more (TBD)
  • Victorian Gentilitea Tour II - Stay and take tea in British Columbia 
  • Une Tasse de Paris (TBD)
  • Portland Noir - 1940s overnight train trip & onboard mystery headed to Portland where we'll stay for the weekend (TBD)
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[updated 16 May 2025]