Day 2 of Pacific Coast Hwy

After a restful night in Carpintera we headed towards Slovang a cute little Dutch town for some coffee and breakfast... and a little shopping :)







Then off to Moro Bay, a quaint little town on the ocean with lots of sea lions. No matter where you were in town you could hear the barking of the sea lions.




































Several miles down the road we saw scarecrows on the side of the road, LOTS of scarecrows, this of course peaked our interest and we went to explore Cambria and Moon Stone Beach.










Seems a little out place amongst all the scarecrows




















The wheels on the bike actually moved!!

Continuing down the hwy...to San Simeon, where Hearst Castle (next blog) is located and further down the coast to Piedras Blancas to see the elephant seals.

















Finished off the day at Ragged Point Inn, a GORGEOUS resort.




















We ate dinner at their restaurant and had freshly caught halibut (DELICIOUS!!!) and wonderful wine made near by in Paso Robles called Opolo red Zinfandel (if you ever get a chance you should try it!)

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Location:Carpintera (close to Santa Barbara) to San Simeon

Pacific coast highway

My mom, Aunt Shirley, Grandma and I are driving the Pacific coast highway. My aunt and mom have done a wonderful job planning the trip! We started in San Diego and drove up the coast to Carpintera (close to Santa Monica). We of course started the day at Starbucks (below)


The weather was quite nice, so we decided we would take the top down on our convertible. It sounded like a brilliant idea, until we realized where the top would go... in the trunk, where all out luggage was. We spent about an hour rearranging our luggage, so we could continue the trip with the top down. Thank goodness my mom and Shirley are great organizers and very clever, we didn't have to ship anything home and we may even have room for some light shopping :)!!





Notice the two suitcases in the middle. The drive was quite beautiful, it was wonderful to breath in fresh ocean air!! We had a few rain clouds, but no real rain.



Lunch at Chronic Tacos, what a crew :)


Santa Monica Pier was quite interesting, we got to drive out on it, the view was amazing! And it is where Route 66 comes to an end.


















Further along our trip we stoped at Leo Carrillo beach and caught the sunset! It was absolutely beautiful!! There were several surfers taking advantage of the waves.











We finished up our drive ate at a wonderful restaurant called Zookers (delicious!!!). Now we are off to bed, more to come tomorrow, what a great start to our trip, great company, beautiful views and lots of laughs.

Location:San Diego to Santa Barbara

Seattle

Sean & I recently visited Seattle for my cousin, Steve's wedding. We had an awesome time!!! We stayed in Gigg Harbor, but also got to spend some time in Seattle. It was wonderful to catch up with family &
to meet some of Steve's friends.
I also had the privilege of spending some time with his fiancé, Jasmine, now wife, whom I adore!
Picking flowers out at Pike's Place! What a treat!! It was so special to be included! Mom, my aunt Shirley & I had a blast!
The market...







The bridal bouquet (below)



The fruit was amazing!! They even had "Oh my God Pears"



And they even throw fish!



Hiking at Defiance point near Gigg Harbor




Grandma & I at Gig Harbor. She turned 90 this year and has the legs of a 20 yr old! Doesn't she look amazing...always so trendy. If you look closely, you can see Mt. Reiner in the background.



The Space Needle




In the Space Needle




Chihuly blown glass exhibit....AWESOME!!
















And last but definitely not least the reason we went to Seattle.... we only got a few pics at the wedding, because I was so taken by the beauty. The ceremony was wonderful, I was very impressed by the pastors message & took things from his sermon to apply to my marriage. The bride was exquisite! I wish I had better pictures, this is of my sister & I wishing her a happy wedding day & blessed marriage.




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