City Lights Escapes – Welcome to the City Lights Escape family

Welcome to our Blog! Here is where we share with you some trips we experienced in hopes it motivates you to take your very own family trip someday. Here you will be able to find some of our past, current, and future trip outline with day by day plan, estimated hours, estimated cost, and places to stay to help cut your planning time so you too can escape the city lights and enjoy the many beauties this country has to offer. Be sure you click on our “Fabb Fave” tab to discover our go to getaway places if you are looking for a close to home spot to disconnect and unwind. Feel free to screenshot, download, or contact us directly so we can be a part of getting you on the road too.

Love,

Fabbro Family

Our very First Road trip! Where it all started...

How it all started… our first family road trip

Summer time in 1994, right before entering high school, I was invited to tag along on a road trip through the canyon that completely changed my life. Tia Edna is a traveler and this particular summer she wanted to revisit the beauties in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. At this time, the furthest I’ve been in this country was Las Vegas so I was ready to see what else is out there. This particular trip we visited Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, and visited the Colorado River. This trip is when I fell in...

Cruising California… what we have been missing!

The place where it feels like our second home, the place we’ve been coming to 3 times a year for the past 12 years Buena Vista Lake Aquatic Center follow the adventures here subscribe here

Across the country we go again

Our close to home but far away enough from the city go to Spot FOSTER RESIDENCE CAMPGROUND When you live in Los Angeles but you crave the woodsy camping feeling but you don’t want to drive 5 plus hours to get there, Foster Residence Campground can be your go to. Located in Ventura County, we have been here multiple times through the years and we keep coming back because it is a lovely place. With only 16 sites total, the first 10 sites have full hookups at $50 a night. The other 6 sites are for your true camping...

Beach Trips

South Carlsbad State Beach If you are looking for the beach camping experience but you are not a fan or the sand in your toes, this place is the winner! With 200 sites to choose from, this place is lively and amazing. South Carlsbad is a very well run campground with several camp hosts, a camp store, a restaurant with live music, one main paved road where locals and campers walk, ride, run along regularly, this place has all the bells and whistles you would want from a camping experience. The beach is down an enormous amount of stairs...