OjaiOjai Valley Inn
Twins, around 14 months · A first resort trip as a family of four
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Ninety minutes north of Los Angeles, an orchard valley that closes early and forgives a 6am wake-up.
By Armon & Linda · March to June
We drove up on a Thursday with two car seats, one nap between us and the last twenty minutes through orchards. Ojai is small enough that you can walk the length of it before the second nap and quiet enough that nobody minded when we didn't.
The valley faces east to west, which is why the light goes pink at the end of the day. Locals call it the pink moment. We saw it twice, both times from a car park, both times with a child asleep on a shoulder.
What the days actually looked like
Breakfast outside at 7. Pool by 9.30, before the sun cleared the ridge and the deck got hot. Back to the room at 11.30 for the long nap. Out again at 3 for the bookshop, the ice cream, the walk to the end of the street and back.
It is the only place we have been where the day ends at the same time for everyone.
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