Last weekend, we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. To celebrate, I took the family on a surprise roadtrip. I'm good at keeping secrets, so no one knew!
Kataneh couldn't stop bugging me for clues as to where we were going. How do I pack? Is Emerson going? What do we need? We better not be camping? Do we fly there? etc
We started off by driving south. As we went right by Kataneh's parent's house, I think she thought we were dropping off Emerson. We zipped right past and headed on the 17 S towards Santa Cruz.
Our first stop was the Monterey. Before going to the aquarium, we ate at Bubba Gump's. Not shabby! Finally, we made it to the coolest aquarium there is. It is a beautiful facility and we have been wanting to go to see their great white shark. The shark weighed 43lbs and was 4 feet 7 inches long.
Emerson slept most of the time, as he does when his is comfy and warm in his Ergo carrier. He did wake up to check out the jellyfish.
Next, we headed south stopping off here and there for a picture in Big Sur.
Towards the south of Big Sur, we pulled over for a hike at Salmon Creek to see the waterfall.
After that, we pushed on down to Cambria where our good friend's parents let us stay at their second home. Thanks Loganbills!!!!! It is an awesome house with killer views of the ocean. Very comfy and a prime place to relax. We ate at Main Street Grill (great tri tip sando) and just hung out at the house.
The next day, we went to Hearst Castle. I didn't want to do the typical tour, so we got the 'Upstairs' tour where we saw bedrooms and the library. The last time I was there was when I got to swim in the outdoor pool!
Pretty cool. It's interesting that Hearst separated men and women if they weren't married and closely monitored the limited amount of alcohol he served. While on the short tour, Emerson pooped twice. We laugh: Emerson said 'here's what I think of this place.'
After the tour, we went just down the road to the beach for Emerson's first beach experience. We dipped his feet in the sand and let him soak it all in. It was windy, so we didn't stay too long.
Next, we headed back to town, thinking we were going to regroup and head to SLO. We saw a wine tasting shop in town, so we did that and then didn't feel like driving far, so we just went back to the house to hang for while before dinner.
During this time, we sat on the balcony, watched the sun, chatted and witnessed Emerson rolling over for the first time.
Once we were set, we went to a great dinner at Robin's in Cambria. It was perfect because Emerson slept the whole time.
We went back to the house, laid low and went to sleep. All in all, it was a very relaxing weekend!
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